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LINCOLN  ROOM 

UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 
LIBRARY 


MEMORIAL 

the  Class  of  1901 

founded  by 

HARLAN  HOYT  HORNER 

and 

HENRIETTA  CALHOUN  HORNER 


CHAKLKS   H.  HACKLKV 


LINCOLN,  GRANT,  SHERMAN 
FARRAGUT 


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AN  ACCOUNT  OF  THE 


Gift,  the  Erection  and  the  Dedication 
OF  THE  Bronze  Statues 

Given  by  Charles  11.  Hackley 


TO  THJE 

CITY  OF  MUSKEGON,  MICHIGAN 

&      &      & 

UNVEILED  IN  IIACKLE]Y  SQUARE 

IMEMORIAL  DAA^ 

1900 


MUSKEGON,  MICH. 

Chkci.nicle  Presses,  Masonic  Temple. 

1900 


THE  GIFT    OF 
THE  STATUES 

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Ten  years  ago  Charles  H.  Hackley  bought  an  entire  square  in  the 
heart  of  tlie  City  of  Muskegon,  cleared  it  of  dwelling  houses  and  trans- 
formed it  into  a  beautiful  park,  a  full  city  block  in  extent,  artistically 
designed  and  crowned  with  a  soldiers'  monument  of  granite,  sevent\'-six 
feet  in  height,  with  symbolic  figures  in  bronze  at  its  base  and  on  its  sum- 
mit, the  ])ark  and  monument  together  costing  $73,000.  With  the  outlay 
since  made  upon  this  park,  and  the  endowment  for  its  care  and  preser\'a- 
tion,  all  proN'ided  by  Mr.  Hackley,  his  gift  to  the  city  now  amounts  to 
$110,000.  This  park — which  was  named  "Hackley  Square" — ha\'ing  the 
Hackley  Public  Library  on  one  side  and  the  Hackley  Public  School,  with 
its  spacious  grounds,  on  another — with  its  growing  trees,  turf  and  flowers, 
became  more  attractive  and  beautiful  each  year  and  was  seemingly 
complete. 

But  Mr.  Hackley  had  further  plans,  which  he  made  known  with 
characteristic  bre\'ity  and  modesty  in  the  following  letter: 

To  the  Honorable  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Muskegon: 

Gentlemen:— I  respectfully  ask  permission  to  place,  at  my  oivn 
expense,  in  Hackley  Park,  statues  of  Lincoln,  Grant,  Sherman  and  Farra- 
gut,  the  same  ivhen  erected  to  be  the  property  of  the  city. 

If  this  permission  is  gi-ven,  I  shall  commit  the  execution  of  my  de- 
sign to  the  charge  of  F.  A.  Nims,  Louis  Kanitz  and  Re-v.  A.  Hadden,  •rvith 
authority  to  expend  the  sum  of  tnventy  thousand  dollars  in  carrying  it  into 
effect.  Very  truly  yours, 

CHARLES  H.  HACKLEY. 

Muskegon,  Mich.,  March  22,  l898. 

It  is  needless  to  say  this  proposition  was  received  with  enthusiasm 
by  the  people  of  the  cit)%  and  that  it  was  promptly  accepted  b}'  the  city 
council.     In  his  letter   Mr.   Hackley  expressed   his   intention   to  commit 


the  excculMin  ol  his  (K'si^n  to  [\]r  ch  ir^c  ol  I'".  A.  \inis,  l.oiiis  Kanit/ 
and  Rfw  A.  JIacUUn,  all  well  l^iidwn  cilizrns,  whose  choice  tor  such  a 
pur})()se  met  with  corchal  and  i^eneral  a])])ro\al.  Mr.  Nims  and  Mr. 
Kanitz  had  serxed  in  a  simihar  ca])acity  in  procuring-  the  Sokh'ers'  monu- 
ment. They  had  aLso,  as  members  of  (lie  Board  of  Kckication,  been 
prominenll\-  associated  in  carryins^'  into  execution  Mr.  I  Iackh'\-'s  pKins 
for  the  pubbc  library.  They  are  both  \-eterans  of  the  war  and  ha\'e 
resided  in  Muskes^'on  many  years,  Mr.  Nims  since  1865  and  Mr.  Kanitz 
since  lS6c).  Mr.  Nims  has  been  a  member  of  thc^  Board  of  k'.ducation 
continucnish'  since  1876.  ]\Tr.  Kanitz  was  formerly  for  foui"  terms  a  mem- 
ber of  tke  same  board.  lie  kas  serxed  tke  (jrand  Army  of  tke  Republic 
as  Department  Commander,  and  is  prominently  identified  xxitk  tke  busi- 
ness interests  of  tkis  city.  Re\'.  A.  Iladden  kas  for  the  past  sex'en  years 
been  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  church  of  Muskegon,  lie  is  a 
graduate  of  Oberlin  College  and  of  Vale  Dixinity  .School. 

The  statue  commissioners  designated  by  Mr.  Hackley  at  once  organ- 
izetl  bx'  making  Mr.  Nims  ckairman,  Mr.  Kanitz  treasurer  and  Mr.  Hadden 
secretarx',  and  jjroceeded  to  carry  out  tkeir  trust.  In  order  to  fit  tkem- 
selxes  for  tke  execution  of  a  trust  of  suck  importance,  requiring  some 
artistic  knowledge,  as  xvell  as  tke  exercise  of  business  judgment,  tkey 
])lanned  a  tour  of  inx'estigation  and  inspection  tkat  tkey  migkt  get  in  touck 
xxitk  tke  best  sculptors  of  tke  country,  and  migkt  profit  by  tke  experi- 
ence of  otkers  xxko  kad  been  called  upon  to  execute  similar  duties. 
Accordingly  in  tke  latter  part  of  May,  1898,  tke  members  of 
the  commission  met  in  New  York  Cit}-,  xxkere  tkey  sjxmU  sexeral 
days  xisiting  studios,  talking  xxitk  sculptors  and  xiexxing  statues 
in  (Ireater  Nexx-  York.  From  New  York  tkey  xvent  to  W'askington,  xxkere 
tkey  saw  manx'  statues  to  admire  or  criticize  in  tke  Capitol,  in  tke  Con- 
gressional Librarx'  and  in  the  parks  and  streets  of  tke  city.  I  ken  on  tke 
30tk  of  Max-  tkex"  reacked  tke  kistoric  toxxn  of  Gettxsburg,  and  tke 
folloxxing  (ku-  xx-ent  ox'er  its  battlefield,  xxitk  its  great  memories 
and  its  noted  aggregation  of  monuments. 


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In  this  trip  of  investigation  the  commissioners  met  many  favors  and 
received  many  courtesies,  notably,  in  New  York,  from  W.  H.  Harrison, 
of  the  Harrison  (iranite  Company,  and  from  WiUiam  Ordvvay  Partridge, 
the  sculptor;  in  Washington,  from  Col.  R.  P.  Bishop,  Congressman  from 
the  Ninth  District  of  Michigan,  Gen.  R.  A.  Alger,  then  Secretary  of  War, 
and  Major  George  H.  Hopkins;  and 
at  Gettysburg,  from  Colonel  Nichol- 
son, the  Commandant  of  the  National 
Park,  to  whom  they  bore  an  intro- 
duction from  the  Secretary  of  War. 
This  tour  was  of  inestimable  value 
to  the  commissioners  and  enabled 
them  to  know  some  of  the  possibilities 
as  well  as  the  limitations  of  their 
work.  The)'  learned  that  sculpture, 
like  everything  else  has  made  rapid 
achances  in  recent  years,  that  a  new 
school  of  sculptors  is  in  the  field,  that 
some  excellent  work  is  being  done 
by  American  artists,  and  on  the 
whole  they  were  impressed  with  the 
enthusiasm,  the  conscientiousness 
and  the  high  ideals  of  the  men  the>' 
met.    Several  noted  sculptors  seemed 

to  be  out  of  their  reach,  as  St.  Gaudens,  French  and  Macmonnies.  But 
the  field  to  select  from  was  still  large  and  in  making  their  selections  they 
were  obliged  to  pass  by  some  very  able  and  eminent  men  whom  they 
met,  as,  for  example,  Partridge  and  Potter,  of  New  York;  Rohl-.Smith,  of 
Washington;  Lorado  Taft,  of  Chicago;  and  Franklin  .Simmons,  of  Rome, 
Italy.  On  their  return  they  reported  to  Mr.  Hackle}'  their  impressions, 
stating  among  other  things  their  belief  that  the  $20,000  gi\-en  for  this 
purpose  would  hardly  be  adequate,  and  suggesting  that  $5,000  more  be 


-N.. 


FREDERICK  A.  NIMS 


adtU'd  to  it.     'Id  tliis  Ml'.  llacklcN'  rca<lil\'  assented  and  siilise(|uentl\-  tlu" 
amount  cxjjendcd  reached  SJ7.OOO. 

In  Inly,  iSqS.  Mr.  Ilackley  contracted  with  the  Harrison  (iranitc- 
Coni})any  to  tnrnish  the  lonr  statues  and  ])lace  them  complete  in  the 
park  lor  $2c;,700,  the  st'ujplors  and  their  workmanship  to  he  subject  to  the 

ap])ro\a]  ol  the  commissnui.  This 
reliex'ed  the  I'ommissioners  ot  care  as 
tc)  the  business  details  and  left  them 
free  to  t^ixe  their  laitire  attention  to 
the  artistic  side  of  the  work. 

In  accordance  with  this  con- 
tract Charles  II.  Xiehaus,  of  New 
York  Cit)-,  was  engaged  to  make  the 
statues  of  Lincoln  and  Farragut, 
antl  1.  Massey  Rhind,  also  of  New 
York,  was  engaged  to  produce  the 
statues  of  Grant  and  Sherman.  These 
selections  were  en  tireIysatisfactor\' to 
the  commissioners  w  ho  had  met  both 
Mr.  Rhiml  antl  Mr.  Xiehaus  in  their 
studios  in  New  \'ork,  and  had  seen 
specimens  of  tluir  work.  Both  were 
experienced  sculjjtors  and  ha\'e  had 
some  very  important  commissions. 
I'rom  this  time  the  work  of  the  commission  consisted  in  watching 
the  statui's  grow"  in  the  hands  of  the  workmen,  from  the  first  composition 
or  sketch  in  clay,  to  the  finished  ])roduct  in  imi)irishable  bronze.  In 
Sej)tember,  iScjS,  Mr.  Niehaus'  two  sketches  were  examined  and  ap- 
proxed.  In  .\|iril,  i8c)g.  Mr.  Rhind  attempted  to  bring  his  sketches  to 
Muskegon,  but  they  were  so  badly  liroken  in  transit  that  the  effort  to 
show  them  was  not  a  success.  In  Ma\'  Mr.  Niehaus'  full  sized  statues 
of  Lincoln  and    Farragut,  in  clay,  were  seen  and  i)ronounced  satisfactory. 


LOUIS  KANITZ 


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In  June  Mr.  Rhine!  showed  the  commission  liis  new  compositions  of  Grant 
and  Sherman,  which  were  accepted,  snbject  to  further  inspection.  In 
October  thi'se  sketches,  developed  into  the  complete  statues  in  clay,  were 
examined  and  approxed.  On  this  trip,  also,  the  bronze  figure  of  Farragut 
was  seen.  With  this  jcnirne)'  the  travels  of  the  committee  came  to  an 
end.  Their  relatiDUS  to  the  artists 
had  been  of  the  pleasantest,  and  real- 
izing that  in  the  securing  of  statues 
ever\thing  depends  on  the  man 
behind  the  statue,  they  felt  that  the\' 
had  reason  to  be  well  pleased  with 
the  selections  that  had  been  made. 

In  the  summer  of  1899  the  foun- 
dations were  laid,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Mr.  Kanitz,  and  in  the  autumn 
the  granite  pedestals,  cut  in  the 
tjuarries  at  IJarre,  X'ermont,  from  de- 
signs made  by  \V.  T.  Cottrell,  of  the 
Harrison  Granite  Company,  were 
placed  in   their  positions. 

In  locating  the  monuments  in 
the  park  the  commission  was  guided 
largel}'  b\-  the  judgment  of  Mr.  Rhind, 
who  spent  a  day  at  Muskegon  in- 
vestigating this  problem.  Each  figure  faces  in  such  a  direction  that  its 
features  are  not  in  the  shadow  the  entire  da>'. 

In  A])ril,  igoo,  the  bronze  figures  arrised  and  were  placed  on  the 
pedestals,  where  they  stood,  veiled,  until  the  afternoon  of  May  30,  when, 
with  ayjpropriate  ceremonies,  the  coverings  were  n-moxed  and  the  work 
stood  re\'ealed. 


ARCHIBALD  HADDEN 


the  dedication 
a:sd   uxveilixg 


t? 


In  harmony  with  thr  Lxj)resscd  wishes  of  Mr.  Hackley  this  cere- 
mony was  commitled  to  Phil  Kearn\'  Post,  No.  7,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  of  the  City  of  Muskei^ron,  an  organization  which  Mr.  Hackley 
has  always  hehl  in  high  admiration  and  esteem,  many  of  its  members  be- 
ing among  his  nearest  and  warmest  friends.  This  duty  was  gratefully  ac- 
cepted by  the  Post,  and  under  the  super\ision  of  )udge  .Stephen  A. 
Aldrich,  Post  Commander,  the  following  committees  took  in  charge  the 
]:)reparation  of  the  exercises  of  the  day  : 

GENERAL  COMMITTEE. 

S.  A.  Aldrich  Louis  K.^nitz  C.  L.  Brund.age 

Ch.arles  Miller  W.  R.  Jones  J.  I\L  Carr 

J.  G.  Allport  F.  a.  Nims  Rev.  A.  Haddkn 

J.  W".  Brakeman 

OX  PROGRAM. 

S.  A.  Aldrich  J.  R.  Bennett  Louis  Kanitz 

Chas.  Miller  J.  G.  Allport 

OX  VOCAL  MUSIC. 
Paul  S.  Moon  Ja.mes  Dean 

ON   INSTRLMEXTAL  MUSIC. 
Charles  Miller  W.  F.  Wiselogel 

OX  TRANSPORTATION. 
\V.  G.  Watson  C.  F.  Clugston  W.  D.  Rosie 

F.  A.  BoNNELL  E.  S.  Shaner  E.  S.  Hogan 

ON  FINANCE. 

.A.  F.  Temi'le  L.  B.  Smith  J.  G.  Emery,  Jr. 

C.  C.  Billinghurst  Thos.  Munroe 


STATUE  OF  ABRAHAM   LINCOLN 
C.  H.  NiEHAis,  Sculptor 


II 

ON  INVITATION. 
F.  A.  NiMS  C.  L.  Brundage  S.  A.  Aldrich 

On  Hall,  Wm.  R.  Jones;  on  Evergreens,  John  Sturgeon;  on  Decorations,  L.  O. 
Lyon;  on  Wreaths,  R.  E.  Crotty;  on  Flags,  A.  H.  Eckerman;  on  Flowers,  E.  P. 
Watson;  on  Carriages,  J.  G.  Allport;  on  Platform,  Louis  Kanitz;  on  Reception, 
Rev.  a.  Hadden;  on  Printing,  J.  W.  Brakeman;  on  Entertainment,  John  M.  Carr; 
on  Unveiling  the  Statues,  Major  F.  C.  Whitney;  on  Cemetery,  Howard  C.  Bond. 
Each  of  these  committeemen  had  authority  to  appoint  such  assistants  as  he  might  need. 

OFFICERS  OF  THE  DAY. 
President — Frank  Alberts,  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Muskegon 

Marshal — Lieut.  Col.  John  R.  Bennett 

Chaplain— Rev.  Archibald  Hadden 

Memorial  Dav,  igoo,  was  a  da\'of  exceptional  beauty,  and  it  almost 
seemed  as  though  an  all-Qracious  Providence  had  intervened  to  make 
ever^'thin.^-  that  Nature  could  pro\-ide  contribute  to  a  harmonious,  fitting 
and  complete  carrying  out  of  the  grand  and  impressi\'e  services  of  the 
day.  The  Park,  framed  in  the  newly  laid  cin-bing  and  pavement,  and 
bright  with  flowers  and  fresh  foliage,  was  in  fine  order;  and  the  statues, 
x'eiled  in  the  flag  that  the  heroes  fought  for,  stood  ready  for  the  final  act 
that  should  make  them  the  property  of  the  people.  The  city  was  in 
gala  attire  and  man\'  \isitors  from  outside  added  their  presence  to  the 
throngs  of  citizens  who  appeared  on  the  streets  to  do  honor  to  the  occa- 
sion. 

The  exercises  consisted  first  of  a  parade,  and  afterwards  the  formal 
services  of  the  unx'eiling. 

The  parade  was  made  up  of  the  following  bodies  : 

FIRST  DIVISION  ON  MUSKEGON  AVENUE. 

right  resting  on  pine  street. 

Detachment  of  Bicycle  Corps  Co.  I,  2d  Infy.,  M.  N.  G. 

Lieut.  Col.  John  R.  Bennett,  Marshal  of  the  Day, 

Aides  and  Orderlies. 

W.  G.  Watson,  Aide  and  Chief  of  Division. 

Beerman's  Militarv  Band. 


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Battalion  Michigan  National  Guard, 
Major  Frank  C.  Whitney,  Commanding. 
Comiiany  G,  2d  Infy.,  M.  N.  (i.,  Capt.  S.  Dickinson,  Commanding. 
Company  I,  2d  Infy.,  M.  N.  G.,  Lieut.  W.  Wren,  Commanding. 
Company  C,  34th  Mich.  \'ol.  Infy.,  Capt.  J.  C.  Graham,  Commanding. 
Phil  Kearny  Post,  No.  7,  G.  A.  R. 
Amos  E.  Steel  Post,  No.  280,  G.  A.  R. 
Visiting  Comrades. 
Muskegon  Commandery  No.  22,  Knights  Templar. 
Muskegon  Lodge,  No.  274,  R.  P.  O.  Elks. 
Muskegon  Letter  Carriers. 

SECOND  DIVISION  ON  WEBSTER  AVENUE. 

RIGHT  RESTING  ON  PINE  STREET. 

J.  G.  Allport,  Aide  and  Chief  of  Division. 

Grand  Haven  Cornet  Band. 

Foresters  of  Camp  No.  1075,  M.  W.  A. 

Modern  Woodmen,  Muskegon  Camp  No.  1075. 

Modern  Woodmen,  New  Camp  No.  4917. 

Ancient  Order  Ihiited  Workmen,  Muskegon  Lodge  No.  133. 

Knights  of  the  Maccabees. 

Nordens  Broders. 

Muskegon  Arbeiter  Verein. 

International  Association  of  Machinists,  No.  170. 

Carpenters'  and  Joiners'  Union. 

Trades  and  Labor  Assembly. 

Painters'  LJnion. 

Cigar  Makers'  Union,  No.  24. 

Iron  Moulders'  L^nion. 

Amalgamated  Iron  and  Steel  Workers. 

Carriages  containing: 

President  of  the  Day,  Orator,  Chaplain  and  Charles  H.  Hackley, 

Daughters  of  Deceased  Soldiers  selected  to  Unveil  the  Statues, 

Board  of  Education, 

Common  Council  and  City  Officials, 

\'isiting  City  Councils  and  Officials, 

County  Officers. 

THIRD  DIMSION  ON  CLAY  A\'ENUE. 

RIGHT  RESTING  ON  PINE  STREET. 

Napoleon  Belfy,  Aide  and  Chief  of  Division. 

Muskegon  Fire  Department. 

Citizens  in  Carriages. 


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Credit  is  due  to  those  who  managed  the  parade,  which  moved 
promptly  and  in  order.  It  formed  on  Clay,  Webster  and  Muskegon  ave- 
nues, and  mo\'ed  down  Pine  street  to  Western  avenue,  thence  to  Sixth 
street,  on  Sixth  to  Webster  axenue,  and  thence  to  Hackley  Square.  All 
along  the  line  of  march  thousands  of  people  were  congregated,  fully 
10,000  witnessing  the  parade.  After 
the  procession  passed,  the  crowd 
moved  to  Hackley  Square,  where  the 
dedicatory  exercises  occurred. 

The  grand  stand  that  had  been 
erected  on  the  grounds  of  theHack- 
ley  school,  facing  the  Square,  w^as 
filled  with  guests  and  imited  citizens. 
The  people  filled  the  grounds,  the 
streets  and  the  neighboring  lawns. 
Everywhere  one  saw  bright  flowers, 
bunting  and  uniforms,  while  over  all 
was  the  warm  and  welcome  sunshine 
of  an  ideal  day  in  May.  The 
speaker's  stand,  decorated  with 
green  and  flags,  under  the  fine  oaks, 
was  the  center  of  interest  as  soon  as 
the  procession  halted  before  it. 

The  various  companies  and  orders 
opened  ranks,  then  the  orderlies  rode  back,  and  soon  the  carriages 
swung  into  sight.  As  Mr.  Hackley  and  his  party  dismounted  and  came 
up  to  the  stand,  he  was  enthusiastically  and  warmly  welcomed  by  the 
cheering  crowd.  Escorted  by  the  mayor,  he  ascended  the  stand,  where 
he  was  seated  with  the  speaker  of  the  day,  Hon.  John  Patton,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  Mayor  Alberts  and  Re\'.  A.  Hadden  on  his  right,  and  Commander 
S.  A.  Aldrich  and  Chaplain  J.  H.  Backenstose  on  his  left,  while  about 
him   were   the   Board  of  Education,    the    Common   Council,   the  county 


STEPHEN  A.   ALDRICH 
Commander  Phil  Kearny  Post,  G.  A.  R. 


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officers,  the  Women's  Rrlief  Corps,    Dau|L,fhters  of  the  American    Revo- 
lution, Mrs.  1  Iaci<ley,  and  many  ])r()minent   citi/cns.      Ilui^d    Kanitz   and 
K.  W.  Beyer,  Sons  of  \'eterans,  ser\ed  as  ushers. 
The  program  of  the  exercises  was  as  follows: 

Music  ......  "Recollections  of  the  War" 

Synopsis— Dr\immer's  Call;  Reveille;  Grand  March;  Assenihly  Call;  Flag  o[ 
Columbia;  Attention;  Prayer  Before  the  Battle;  Bugle  Call;  Battle;  Red.  White 
and  Blue;  \'acant  Chair;  Marching  Through  Georgia,  witli  xariatinns;  Riiigd.ini 
Coming;  the  Negro  is  Free;  Finale. 

BeERMAN's  MilITAKV  I^AM). 

Invocation     Rev.  A.  Haddkn. 
UxvKiLiNG  Axi)  Dedication  Ckhk.momes 

Under  the  ausjiices  of  Phil   Kearny  Post,  No.  7,  G.  A.   R. 

Solo     "Celestial  City"  .  .  .  •  •  .  H-^.  H.  Pomlius 

Miss  Kate  B.  Lke. 

Mrs.  John  W.  Wilson,  accompanist. 
Oration — IIox.  Joiix  Patton, 

OF   GRAND    KAPIDS,    MICH. 

Music  ......-•  "America" 

Chorus  under  direction  of  Eric  DeLa.marter. 

Benediction— Rev.  A.  Hadden. 

Music — "American  Rejniblic  March"  .  -  H.  H.  Thiele 

Beerman's  Military  Band. 

The  exercises  were  opened  at  half  past  three  b>'  Ma  .'or  Alberts, 
who  announced  the  music,  "Recollections  of  the  War,"  b\-  the  band. 
Rev.  A.  Hadden  then  briefl\-  invoked  the  divine  blessin^-  upon  the  occa- 
sion, on  the  city  and  on  the  nation.  He  offered  thanks  "ior  the  comin'.f 
of  this  day,  with  its  sweet,  sad,  and  yet  heiT)ic  and  inspiriiiL;  memories," 
and  invoked  a  blessing  on  all  concerned.  Miss  Kate  B.  Lee,  with  Mrs. 
John  W.  Wilson  as  accompanist,  sang  "The  Celestial  City": 

I  saw  the  weary  pilgrims  reach  the  river  deep  and  wide, 
The  heav'nly  city  shining  fair  upon  the  further  side; 
Its  walls  were  built  of  emerald,  and  diamonds  untold, 
Each  sev'ral  gate  a  single  pearl,  the  street  transimrent  gold. 


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O  glorious  Jerusalem!     The  city  of  our  rest, 

The  goal  of  ev'ry  pilgrim  soul,  the  rapture  of  the  blest. 

Aud  through  the  city's  open  gates  there  poured  a  shining  throng, 

With    chiming   bells   and    trumpet 
peals  and  sound  of  shout  and  song, 

The  song  of  joy  and  triumph  high, 
the  j)ilgrims'  welcome  home, 

"With  robe  and  crown,  and  harp  and 
psalm,  come  in,  ye  blessed,  come!" 

O  glorious  Jerusalem!     The  city  of 
our  God! 

O  may  we  tread  with  faithful  feet 
the  path  those  pilgrims  trod! 

The  ])ilgrims'  path  is  long  and  hard, 
and  far  the  journey  home. 

But    sometimes,   thro'   the    parting 
clouds  we  see  the  golden  dome. 

Where  God,  the  hope  of  every  soul, 
shall  wipe  away  our  tears, 

And    loving    service,     joyful     rest, 
make  glad  the  eternal  years. 

O  glorious  Jerusalem!      Thou  city 
fair  and  free! 

At    last    we'll     reach     thy     shining 

heights  where  many  mansions  be!  MISS  KATE  B.  LEE 

Mayor  Alberts,  addressing  Commander  S.  A.  Aldrich,  of  Phil 
Kearny  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  said:  "I  have  been  authorized  to  in\ite  you  to 
accept  from  the  Honorable  Charles  H.  Hackley,  of  this  city,  these 
memorial  statues,  and  to  request  that  they  may  be  dedicated  b\'  \'ou  to 
the  noble  purposes  for  which  they  haxe  been  erected." 

Commander  Aldrich  spoke  as  follows  in  reply:  "Mr.  Mayor  and 
President  of  the  Day:  In  the  name  of  my  comrades  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  representing  as  they  do  all  soldiers  and  sailors  who 
defended  the  integrity  and  authority  of  the  nation,  I  thank  you  and  him 


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whom  you  represent  for  these  memorial  statues.  Their  \-ery  silence  is 
impressi\'e.  Without  articulate  speech,  they  are  elocjui-nt.  They  need 
no  words.  They  of  themselves  are  an  oration.  They  assure  us  that  the 
illustrious  dead,  whose  s^reat  services  made  certain  and  secure  the  insti- 
tutions founded  by  our  fathers,  are  not  forgotten.  The\'  are  significant 
of  bra\e  and  loyal  obedience  to  the  command  of  the  nation,  always  and 
e\'er)'where,  sinci'  the  obligations  of  citizenship  arc  not  restricted  to  time 
or  place,  or  to  the  conflict  of  arms.  They  gi\e  encouragement  for  the 
future,  since  the  recognition  and  appro\al  they  gi\e  of  patriotic  fidelit)' 
and  heroism  will  be  an  incenti\e  for  the  display  of  public  valor  and  \ir- 
tue  in  all  coming  time.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  honor  you  pay 
to  the  patriot  dead,  and  to  their  memorable  deeds,  will  ser\e  not  only  to 
make  American  citizenship  in  these  days  more  reputable,  but  also  to 
maintain  and  perpetuate,  through  all  future  generations,  the  union  and 
authority  of  the  United  States  of  America." 

The  ceremonies  of  dedication  by  Phil  Kearn)'  Post  followed  and 
were  conducted  by  the  following  officers  of  the  Post: 

Commander — S.  A.  Aldrich. 

Senior  \^ice  Commander — Charles  Miller. 

Junior  \'ice  Commander — J.  G.  AUport. 

Officer  of  the  Day — E.  P.  Watson. 

Officer  of  the  Guard     N.  M.  Brough. 

Adjutant     j.  W.  Brakeman. 

Chaplain — J.  H.  Backenstose. 

By  the  Commander: — "Adjutant,  you  will  detail  a  guard  of  honor." 

B}'  the  Adjutant:     "Commander,  the  guard  is  present." 

By  the  Commander:  "Officer  of  the  Day,  you  will  direct  the  officer 
of  the  guard  to  station  this  detail  about  the  meuK^Mal  statues." 

"Holy  Scripture  saith:  'The  Lord  ga\-e  the  word;  great  was  the 
army  of  those  that  published  it.  Declare  ye  among  the  nations,  and 
publish,  and  set  up  a  standard.  In  the  name  of  our  God  we  will  set  up 
our  banners.' 


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"Officer  of  the  Day,  you  will  order  the  guard  of  honor  to  raise  our 


flag. 


By  the  Officer  of  the  Day: — "Officer  of  the  Guard,  raise  the  flag." 

Music  by  the  Band: — "Star  Spangled  Banner." 

By  the  Commander: — "The  forces  of  the  nation  are  di\'ided  into 
two  great   arms,    that    of    the    Navy 
and  that  of  the  Army.     Senior  Vice        \ 
Commander,    what    words    of    Holy 
Scripture  may  apply  to  the  Navy?" 

By  the  Senior  Vice  Command- 
er:— "They  that  go  down  to  the  sea 
in  ships,  that  do  business  in  great 
waters;  these  see  all  the  works  of  the 
Lord  and  His  wonders  in  the  deep. 
For  He  commandeth  and  raiseth  the 
stormy    wind    which    lifteth    up    the 


waves  thereof.  Then  they  cry  unto 
the  Lord  in  their  trouble  and  He 
bringeth  them  out  of  their  distresses. 
He  maketh  the  storm  a  calm,  so  that 
the  wa\es  thereof  are  still.  Then 
are  they  glad  because  they  are  quiet; 
so  he  bringeth  them  unto  their  de- 
sired ha\'en.  Oh,  that  men  would 
praise  the  Lord  for  His  goodness, 
and  for  His  wonderful  works  to  the  children  of  men." 

By  the  Commander: — "Officer  of  the  Day,  let  the  guard  of  honor 
set  up  the  symbol  of  the  na\'y,  and  let  a  sailor  be  detailed  to  guard  it. 
Junior  Vice  Commander,  what  Scripture  may  apply  to  the  Army." 

By  the  Junior  Vice  Commander: — "To  your  tents,  O  Israel.  So  all 
Israel  went  to  their  tents.  The  children  of  Israel  shall  pitch  their  tents, 
every    man    by    his    own    camp,   and   every   man   by   his   own   standard, 


■.3^t  ti^i.iii'Aixi'ai.imiiiissxmi 


FRANK  ALBERTS 
MAYOR  OF  Muskegon 


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throuj^hout  their  hosts.  Thou  hast  gi\t"n  a  haiiiu  r  to  thcni  that  fear 
Thee,  that  it  may  be  displayed  because  of  the  truth.  The  Lord  shall 
utter  His  \-oice  before  His  army;  for  His  camj)  is  xfry  oreat;  for  hv  is 
strong  that  exccutcth  His  word;  for  the  day  of  thr  Lortl  is  .q,'rcat  and 
\"ery  terrible;  and  who  can  abide  it?  Some  trust  in  chariots,  and  some 
in  horses;   but  we  will  remember  the  name  of  the  Lord  our  God." 

By  the  Commander: — "Ofificer  of  the  Da>-,  let  the  jj^uard  of  honor 
set  up  the  symbol  of  the  Army,  and  let  a  soldier  be  detailed  to  f^uard  it. 
Ofificer  of  the  Day,  if  the  work  of  the  Nav\-  and  Army  be  well  done,  what 
proclamation  from  Holy  Scripture  can  you  make?" 

By  the  Ofificer  of  the  Day: — "A  proclamation  of  peace;  Lord,  Thou 
wilt  ordain  peace  for  us;  for  Thou  also  hast  wrought  all  our  works  in  us. 
How  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the  feet  of  him  that  bringeth 
good  tidings;  that  publisheth  peace;  that  bringeth  good  tidings  of  good; 
that  publisheth  salvation;  that  sayeth  unto  Zion.  Thy  God  reigneth! 
The  Lord  hath  made  bare  His  holy  arm  in  the  eyes  of  all  the  nations; 
and  all  the  ends  of  the  earth  shall  see  the  salvation  of  our  God." 

By  the  Commander: — "The  Chaplain  will  now  offer  the  prayer  of 
dedication.     Parade!     Rest!" 

By  the  Chaplain: — "Almighty  God,  we  thank  Thee  for  Th\-  sover- 
eign care  and  protection  in  that  Thou  didst  lead  us  in  the  days 
that  were  shadowed  with  trouble,  and  gavest  us  strength  when  the 
burden  was  heaxy  upon  us,  and  ga\est  us  courage  and  guidance,  so 
that  after  the  conflict  we  ha\-e  come  to  these  days  of  peace.  We 
thank  Thee  that  the  wrath  of  war  has  been  stilled,  that  brother  no 
longer  strives  against  brother,  that  once  again  we  ha\e  one  country 
and  one  flag.  May  Thy  blessing  be  upon  us  as  a  people,  that  we 
ma}-  be  Thy  people,  true  and  righteous  in  all  our  wa>'s,  tender  and 
patient  in  our  charity,  though  resolute  for  the  right;  careful  more  for 
the  downtrodden  than  for  ourseh'es,  eager  to  forward  the  interests  of 
every  citizen  throughout  the  land;  so  that  our  country  ma)'  be  indeed 
one  country  from  the  rivers  to  the  seas,  from  the  mountains  to  the  plains. 


statup:  of  ri.vssES  s.  grant 

J.  Massev  Rhim),  Sculptor 


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"We  pray  Thee  to  make  our  memories  steadfast,  that  we  may  never 
forget  the  oenerous  sacrifices  made  for  our  country;  may  our  dead  be 
enshrined  in  our  hearts;  may  their  graves  be  the  altars  of  our  grateful 
and  re\'erential  patriotism. 

"And  now,  O  God,  bless  Thou  these  memorials.  Bless  them,  O 
God,  in  honor  of  mothers  who  bade  their  sons  to  do  brax'e  deeds!  In 
honor  of  wives  who  wept  for  husbands  who  should  never  come  back 
again!  In  honor  of  children  whose  priceless  heritage  is  their  fallen 
father's  heroic  name!  In  honor  of  men  and  women  who  ministered 
to  the  hurt  and  dying.  In  honor  of  men  who  counted  not  their  lives 
dear  when  their  country  needed  them;  of  those  who  sleep  beside 
the  dust  of  their  kindred,  or  under  the  salt  sea,  or  in  nameless 
graves,  where  only  Thine  angels  stand  sentinels  till  the  reveille  of  the 
resurrection  morning.  But  chiefly,  O  God,  in  honor  of  him  who  so 
patiently,  wisely,  bra\'ely  and  steadfastly  guided  the  .Ship  of  State 
through  the  stormy  seas  of  rebellion  and  war,  until  in  sight  at  last  of  the 
haven  of  peace  Thou  didst  in  Th}'  inscrutable  wisdom  call  him  up  higher 
into  Thy  kingdom  abo\"e;  in  honor  of  him  who  so  grandly  led  the  armies 
of  the  union  to  triumph  over  every  foe  in  arms  against  our  beloved  land; 
in  honor  of  him  who  so  ably  aided  the  great  commander  in  all  his 
arduous  undertakings  in  the  field  of  battle  and  in  the  march  to  the  sea; 
in  honor  of  him  the  great  captain  who  bore  our  flag  to  honor  and  glory 
on  the  high  seas;  and  in  honor  of  him  who  has  so  liberally  given  of  his 
wealth  whereby  we  are  enabled  to  dedicate  these  memorials  as  enduring 
monuments  of  patriotism  and  liberality.  Bless  him  and  his,  O  God; 
endow  him  ]:)ountifull\'  with  the  riches  of  Thy  grace,  and  may  he  live 
e\'er  in  the  hearts  of  this  people,  and  especially  in  the  memories  of  Thy 
servants  of  the  Grand  Army.  Protect  these  statues  and  let  them  endure, 
and  unto  the  latest  generation  may  their  influence  be  for  the  education 
of  the  citizen,  for  the  honor  of  civil  life,  for  the  advancement  of  the 
nation,  for  the  blessing  of  humanit)'  and  for  the  furtherance  of  Th\'  holy 
kingdom.      Hear  us,  O   God;  we  ask   it  in  the  name  of  Him  who  made 


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proof  of  the  dignity,  ami  who  consecrated  the  i:)ower  of  sacrifice  in    His 
blessed   life   and   death,  even  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  the  great  cap- 
tain of  our  sahation.     Amen." 
Comrades: — "Amen." 

B\'  the    Commander:     ".Xttention!       Phil     Kearn\-     Post,      No.     7. 

Dejiartment  of  Michij^an,  G.  A.  R.: 
I II  the  name  of  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic  I  now  dedicate  these 
memorial  statues.  I  dedicate  this  to 
the  mi-mory  of  the  threat  President 
who  laid  down  his  hi.!4'h  office  and 
became  Freedom's  54randest  martyr. 
I  dedicate  this  one  to  the  memory 
of  that  great  soldier  who  said  'Let  us 
have  peace.'  I  dedicate  this  one 
to  that  other  great  leader  who  stands 
toda\'  as  the  true  type  of  the 
American  soldier.  I  dedicate  this  to 
the  memory  of  the  most  illustrious 
hero  of  the  American  na\y.  In  the 
name  of  all  our  comrades,  li\ing  and 
dead,  I  dedicate  these  statues.  Com- 
rades and  soldiers!  Salute  the  dead! 
(Taps.)     Attention!     Rest! 

"Mr.  Mayor,  our  service  of  ded- 
ication is  ended.  In  the  name  of  my  comrades  I  thank  you  and  him 
you  represent,  for  your  courtes)-  and  liberality  in  permitting  us  who 
were  bound  by  special  ties  to  those  illustrious  j^atriots  who  speak  to 
us  from  these  granite  pedestals;  for  being  so  highly  honored  today  in 
these  ceremonies   in   memory  of  the  mighty  dead." 

In  the  course  of  the  ceremonies,  adjutant   Brakeman  detailed  the 
following  men  as  a  guard  of  honor  for  the  statues: 


LIEUT.  COL.  JOHN  R.  BENNETT, 
Marshal  of  the  Day. 


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Lincoln— M.  B.  Eaton,  James  Dean. 

Grant — John  Erickson,  Dennis  Macomber. 

Sherman — Nelson  Norton,  George  Adkins. 

FarragLit — Charles  B.  Slocuni,  Charles  P.  Rose. 

Alexander  McHale  was  detailed  to  guard  the  symbols  of  the  ami}' 
upon  the  special  platform,  and  A.  A.  Freeman  to  protect  the  symbols  of 
the  nax'v. 

Following"  the  ser\ices  conducted  by  the  \eterans  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  the  following  scholarly  and  eloquent  address  was 
delivered  by  Hon.  John  Patton,  of  Grand  Rapids,  P^x-United  States 
Senator  from  Michigan.  The  vast  audience  followed  the  address  with 
keen  attention  and  expressed  its  appreciation  with  frequent  applause. 


ADDRESS  m    HO^. 
JOHIS^    PATTON 


■g  't?  X? 

In  his  delightful  essay  on  Lord  Holland,  written  fifty-nine  years  ago, 
Macaulay,  whose  mind  ranged  through  all  the  fields  of  human  knowledge, 
in  choosing  an  illustration  to  describe  the  marxelous  growth  of  the  cit\-  of 
London,  spoke  of  it,  ancient  and  gigantic  as  it  then  was,  as  still  continuing 
to  grow  as  fast  "as  a  young  town  of  logwood  by  a  water  pri\ilege  in 
Michigan." 

This  flourishing  city  of  Muskegon,  noted  for  its  enterprise  and  the 
loyalty  of  its  citizens,  long  ago  passed  the  "town  of  logwood"  period, 
and  with  its  di\ersified  industries  is  rapidly  becoming  one  of  the  most 
prominent  manufacturing  cities  of  our  state.  Fortunate  indeed  that  city, 
where  capital  and  labor  go  hand  in  hand,  where  peace  and  contentment 
abide,  and  where  the  smoke  of  its  factories  floats  o\er  happy  and  pros- 
perous homes;  but  doubl\'  fortunate  that  communit\-  in  which  wealth 
recognizes  its  obligations,  is  its  own  executor,  and  with  la\ish  hand  has 
scattered  far  and  wide  blessings  and  exalting  influences.  The  beauty  of 
unselfishness,  the  promptings  of  a  generous  heart,  have  recei\'ed  their 
highest  illustration  here,  and  while  his  modesty  would  not  ha\e  me  speak 
of  it,  I  feel  your  hearts  beating  in  sympathy  with  mine,  and  your  \()ices 
vibrating  responsively  in  mine  when  I  mention  as  I  do,  with  all  our  grati- 
tude, the  name  which  is  on  every  lip  to-day,  the  name  of  him  whose 
sustaining  arms  have  supported  your  industries,  and  whose  princel)-  bene- 
factions to  this  cit\-  have  enrolled  him  among  the  philanthropists  of  his 
time,  the  open-handed,  public  spirited  citizen,  Charles  II.  Hackley. 

From  this  spot  where'eer  we  turn,  we  behold  those  helpful  and 
beneficent  works,  wliich  speak  and  will  continue  to  speak  of  his  far-seeing 
generosity-  through  many  changing  years. 


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Yonder  beautiful  Public  Library  with  its  treasures  of  learning  open 
to  all,  the  splendid  High  School  Building  and  the  Manual  Training 
School,  which  offers  to  the  poorest  and  humblest  child  freely  the  techni- 
cal knowledge  and  instruction  which  gi\'es  the  crown  of  independence, 
this  ample  Park,  the  people's  playground,  where  we  are  assembled,  that 
stately  granite  column  commemorating  your  soldier  dead,  and  now  these 
latest  gifts,  the  creations  of  artistic  skill,  these  statues  of  Lincoln,  Grant, 
Sherman  and  Farragut,  the  great  heroic  figures  of  the  Ci\'il  War  adorn- 
ing the  corners  of  this  square,  and  which  we  ha\'e  come  to  unveil,  all 
these  with  their  manifold  voices  tell  of  him  who  must  ha\-e  chosen  for 
himself  the  sentiment  which  Scott,  in  the  Heart  of  Mid-Lothian,  puts 
into  the  mouth  of  Jeanie  Deans,  when  before  Queen  Caroline  she  pleaded 
for  her  sister's  life: 

"That  when  the  hour  of  death  shall  come,  which  comes  to  high  and 
low  alike,  it  is  not  what  others  have  done  for  us,  but  what  we  have  done 
for  others,  we  think  on  most  pleasantly." 

hi  this  period  of  our  history  there  is  no  more  significant,  no  more 
praiseworthy  fact,  than  the  magnificent  contributions  for  education, 
charity  and  art,  from  wealthy  individuals.  A  late  compilation  shows 
that  in  the  year  just  closed  these  donations  for  schools,  colleges,  libraries 
and  works  of  beauty  amounted  to  the  stupendous  sum  of  sixty-two 
millions  seven  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  And  one  American, 
who,  when  he  was  a  puddler  in  an  iron  mill  working  for  a  few  shillings  a 
week,  and  had  the  benefit  of  a  small  collection  of  books  which  a  kind 
friend  loaned  to  the  laborers,  and  made  a  vow  that  if  he  ever  achieved  a 
fortune  he  would  also  do  something  for  the  uplifting  of  these  workers, 
has  in  the  past  year  and  a  half  given,  for  public  libraries,  art  galleries 
and  museums,  over  seven  millions  of  dollars.  What  an  answer  to  the 
socialist  and  communist  who  with  his  gospel  of  discontent  would  tear 
down  and  destroy!  W'hat  a  tribute  to  our  civilization!  What  encourage- 
ment and  hope  for  every  struggling  soul!  "The  thoughts  of  men  are 
widened  with  the  processes  of  suns,"  and  more  and   more  is  the  lesson 


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taught,  that  the  supreme  happiness  of  life,  the  most  equisite  pleasure 
consists  in  lixin^and  cloin^-  for  others,  and  that  human  symijathy  and 
human  brotherhood  were  ne\er  more  unix'ersal  than  now. 

The   institutions  for  helpless  orphan   chikh-en,  the  threat  hospitals 
which  succor  the  sick  and  unfortunate,  the  homes  for  consumi)ti\-es   in   a 

fa\-orable  climate,  the  libraries  where 
the  q^reat  and  jrood  of  all  times  tii\'e 
to  those  who  will  take  them  their 
most  precious  thoughts,  their  choicest 
sayings,  the  accumulated  wisdom  of 
the  ages,  museums,  and  art  galleries, 
dispensing  refinement  and  beauty, 
what  unnumbered  and  immeasurable 
influences  flow  from  these  noble  gifts. 
Thrice  happy  and  blessed  is  he,  who 
thus  under  God  appreciates  his  pri\-i- 
leges,  alle\iates  human  misery, 
carries  the  light  of  hope  to  the  eyes 
that  ha\'e  been  saddened,  and  re- 
membering his  own  early  struggles, 
flings  wide  open  the  door  of  oppor- 
tunity to  the  boy  and  the  girl  for 
whom  the  accidents  of  en\ironment 
and  birth  haxe  apparently  closed  it. 

This  vast  assemblage  has  therefore  come,  appreciating  this  noble 
gift,  on  this  Memorial  Day,  so  redolent  with  proud  and  tender  memories, 
when  for  remembrance  of  what  they  were  and  did,  we  again  garland  witli 
flowers,  the  graves  of  our  dead  heroes,  to  unveil  these  statues  of  the  great 
captains  who  achieved  such  colossal  fame,  and  whose  names  and  great- 
ness are  inseparably  joined  with  the  achie\'ements  of  the  mighty  host, 
which  thirty  odd  years  ago  comprised  the  armies  and  navies  of  the  Union. 


HON.  JOHN  PATTON 


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From  out  the  silent  shadowy  past  on  each  recurring  Decoration 
Day  there  come  again  before  our  vision  the  boyish  faces  of  our  loved 
and  lost,  as  they  proudly  marched  away,  with  these,  now  grizzled  com- 
rades, for  whom  life's  shadows  lengthen  toward  the  evening,  and  for  so 
many  of  whom,  alas,  each  year  the  plaintive  notes  of  the  bugle  sound 
"lights  out,"  and  the  soldiers'  long  sleep. 

We  think  of  them  today  as  in  memory  they  are  pictured,  exulting 
in  the  strength  of  beautiful  manhood,  with  hearts  bounding  high  with 
ferxent  patriotism,  stricken  in  "}'outh's  bright  morning,"  offering  up  the 
lives  which  had  but  fairly  opened  for  the  holy  cause  of  their  country. 

The>'  might  ha\e  passed  through  life  pursuing  the  happy  wa>'s  of 
peace  unnoticed  and  obscure,  but  by  this  act  of  sublime  sacrifice  they 
ha\e  been  so  glorified  and  lifted  up  forevermore  that  now, — 

"A  tomb  is  theirs  on  every  page, 
An  epitaph  on  every  tongue, 
The  present  hours,  the  future  age, 
For  them  bewail,  to  them  beh^ng. 

"A  theme  to  crowds  that  knew  them  not, 
Lamented  by  admiring  foes, 
Who  would  not  share  their  glorious  lot? 
Who  would  not  die  the  death  they  chose?" 

I.et  not  one  of  the  honored  dead  be  forgotten  on  this  anni\'ersary. 
Whether  the}'  slumber  in  quiet  village  graveyards,  or  in  that  still  spot 
outside  the  city's  roaring  din,  where  they  were  lovingly  laid  to  rest  by 
the  hands  of  friends  and  kindred,  or  on  the  rocky  crests  of  mountains 
which  echoed  the  awful  crash  of  battle,  in  the  tangled  recesses  of  swamps, 
by  the  banks  of  ever  flowing  rivers,  beneath  the  ocean's  surges,  by  prison 
pens  or  among  the  thousands  of  the  unknown  dead,  wherever  they  are, 
on  this  sacred  da}'  we  would  remember  and  pay  tribute  to  them  all. 

This  celebration,  so  unique  and  touching  in  our  annals,  has  a  larger 
and  more  blessed  meaning  now  than  ever  before;  for  the  sections  of  our 
countr}'  which  appeared  to  be  hopelessly  estranged  by  war  have  at  last 


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come  together,  and  those  reconciling  influences  for  wliich  patriots  have 
longed  and  good  men  prayed,  and  which  seemed  so  slow  in  making 
themselves  felt,  and  yet  are  so  \aluable  and  necessary  for  the  future  of 
the  nation,  ha\e  come  sooner  than  appeared  possible. 

One  foreign  war  for  the  freedom  of  Cuba,  with  the  spectacle  of  the 
old  Confederate  generals  of  the  South,  beside  the  soldiers  of  the  North 
under  the  stars  and  stripes,  has  melted  sectional  animosity  in  tlu'  fires  of 
patriotism,  blotted  out  Mason  and  Dixon's  line,  let  us  hope  fore\er,  and 
the  Commander  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  finds  a  swift  and 
approving  response  from  the  lips  of  his  magnanimous  comrades  when  he 
pays  tribute  to  the  bravery  of  the  American  soldier,  and  makes  the 
organization  which  he  represents  a  still  loftier  theme  for  the  admiration 
of  those  who  shall  tell  of  its  glorious  deeds,  in  suggesting  that  our  com- 
memoration shall  be  hereafter  a  proud  and  solemn  festival  for  all  the 
soldier  dead  of  the  whole  country  on  the  Sabbath  day. 

It  is  a  happy  augury,  of  infinite  hope  and  promise  for  a  united 
countr}',  and  after  all  the  bitterness  of  the  past,  the  men  who  fought  to 
destroy  the  Union,  rejoice  that  the  Confederacy  did  not  succeed,  that 
human  slavery  was  destroyed,  and  standing  shoulder  to  shoulder  with 
you  for  an  indissoluble  and  yet  more  glorious  nation  hail  and  welcome 
the  rainbow  of  Peace  now  arching  the  national  horizon,  God's  own  prom- 
ise of  a  fairer  and  better  day. 

How  swiftly  came  the  justification  for  that  sublime  act  of  the  Civil 
War,  the  abolition  of  human  slavery. 

Abraham  Lincoln  wrote  of  the  slaves  when  the  blood  of  our  first 
born  and  best  beloved  was  the  sign  of  their  deliverance,  that,  "They 
might  in  some  perilous  time  in  the  future,  help  to  keep  the  jewel  of  Lib- 
erty in  the  family  of  freedom."  How  grandly  have  the  black  men 
fulfilled  his  words!  Go  read  the  eloquent  inscriptions  on  the  superb 
memorial  on  Boston  Common  to  Shaw  and  his  dusky  comrades  who  lie 
under  the  trenches  of  Fort  Wagner.  Remember  the  one  hundred  and 
eighty-five  thousand  colored  men  who  fought  in  the  armies  of  the  Union. 


STATUE  OF  WILLIAM  T.  SHERMAN 

].    MaSSKY    RhIND,    SCI'LPTOK 


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Follow  in  these  last  years  the  inspirinq-  history  of  the  Tenth  Cavalry  of 
our  regular  arm)'.  See  them  gixing  up  their  lives  and  winnino-  the  laurels 
in  the  wild  charge  at  El  Caney  in  carrying  freedom  to  another  race,  and 
you  will  appreciate  the  truth  and  pathos  of  Lincoln's  words. 

Here  then,  in  the  heart  of  the  continent,  on  the  border  of  this  great 
state,  b\'  the  lake  whose  expanding  commerce  is  one  of  our  national 
wonders,  in  this  city  de\'oted  to  the  arts  of  peace,  amid  these  scenes 
which  ne\-er  felt  the  shock  of  battle,  we  unveil  these  statues  of  the  great 
characters,  to  whose  fame  the  whole  world  has  paid  tribute,  and  which 
we  value  as  one  of  the  chief  treasures  of  our  national  inheritance;  that 
they  may  speak  through  the  years  to  come,  inspiring  in  every  passerby 
who  will  listen,  those  sublime  and  noble  thoughts,  which  stir  the  heart  to 
a  warmer  patriotism,  a  greater  appreciation  of  what  has  been  transmitted 
to  us,  a  more  passionate  desire  to  make  and  keep  it  worthy  of  them,  and 
a  larger  knowledge  of  the  supreme  achie\-ements  and  glory  of  their  lofty 
and  ennobling  li\'es. 

Grant,  Sherman,  Farragut  and  Lincoln. 

What  memories  these  names  recall?  What  \'isions  come  again  to 
these  old  \-eterans  who  followed  that  shining  figure  of  the  all-conquering 
Grant,  the  great  soldier  of  the  century,  as  he  fought  his  way  from  victory 
to  victory,  from  Donelson  to  Appomattox? 

How  bright  the  recollections  of  those  who  served  with  adoring 
loyalty  that  other  great  captain,  of  unsurpassed  strategy,  of  infinite 
patience,  who  fought  his  battles  in  valleys  and  on  mountain  heights,  from 
the  ri\'ers  to  the  sea,  and  whose  operations  covered  half  the  continent. 

And  if  there  are  any  here  who  were  under  the  most  illustrious  na\-al 
commander  of  the  war,  how  their  hearts  must  beat  with  pride  as  they 
think  of  that  glorious  day  with  Farragut,  when  in  Mobile  Bay,  lashed 
to  the  maintop  of  the  Hartford,  amid  the  awful  rain  of  shot  and  shell 
he  stood, 

"The  sea  king  of  the  sovereign  west, 
Who  made  his  mast  a  throne?" 


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And  to  all  who  ever  looked  into  the  sad  and  patient  eyes  of  Lincoln 
when  he  bore  such  awful  burdens,  there  comes  a  memory  of  a  face  which 
was  seamed  and  furrowed  by  the  anguish  of  war,  but  which  bore  not  a 
single  linr  of  hatred,  for  throug-h  four  years  of  agony  hv  carried  e\ery 
sorrow  in  his  heart  and  on  liim  more  than  any  other  depended  the  pre- 
servation of  the  Union  and  the  freedom  of  a  race. 

To  the  children  of  the  soldier  what  deathless  glory  gilds  these 
names?  What  synonyms  they  are  of  lofty  sacrifice,  of  mighty  deeds, 
of  triumphant  victory?  How  high  seems  their  lonely  and  unapproachable 
fame? 

Biographies,  magazines,  newspapers  and  ever  recurring  anni\ersaries, 
have  gathered  up  and  repeated  the  smallest  details  of  their  li\es,  so  that 
their  history  pcr\ades  all  our  literature,  and  each  glorious  career  like 
the  full-orbed  sun  at  the  close  of  the  summer's  day  as  it  sinks  below  the 
horizon's  edge,  and  disappears  from  sight,  still  leaves  an  after-glow  of 
surpassing  beauty,  revealing  gorgeous  tints  and  colors,  compelling  our 
continual. reverence  and  admiration. 

The  time  would  fail  me  were  I  to  attempt  to  trace  even  the  outlines 
of  the  renowned  careers  which  we  recall  today,  but  the  historian  of  the 
future  will  ])oint  to  Grant,  the  old  commander,  as  an  humble  subaltern, 
a  modest  citizen  of  Cialena,  when  the  storm  of  war  burst  with  fur\-  on 
our  lanci.  He  will  follow  with  wonder  his  rise  through  Belmont  and 
Vicksburg  and  Donelson  until  he  became  the  central  figure  of  the  great 
struggle.  He  will  write  with  praise  of  his  marvelous  strategy  and  mili- 
tary skill  in  commanding  the  largest  army  ever  assembleci  on  American 
soil  in  one  of  the  world's  most  awful  wars,  and  call  him  the  greatest 
soldier  of  the  age. 

The  apple  tree  at  Appomattox  with  the  modest,  unpretentious  soldier 
at  the  head  of  his  legions  under  the  flag  he  had  saved,  with  all  his  battles 
won,  overcoming  the  hearts  of  his  enemies  b\'  his  magnanimity,  will  be 
a  subject  for  the  painter  who  would  paint  one  of  the  great  events  of  the 
world.      History  will  do  justige  to  the  Presjdejit,  abuser]  and  slandered 


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and  villified,  battling  for  international  arbitration,  saving  the  credit  of 
the  nation  and  struggling  for  the  rights  of  a  race. 

It  will  follow  the  conquering  hero  as  he  encircled  the  earth  and 
recei\'ed  the  homage  of  the  nations,  as  he  stood  in  the  palaces  of  kings 
and  was  treated  as  an  equal,  and  tears  will  still  fall,  as  men's  hearts  will 
be  moved  at  the  last  act  in  the  drama  of  this  eventful  life,  when  the 
heroic  old  man,  surrounded  by  misfortunes,  deceived  and  victimized  by 
the  thieves  whom  he  trusted,  neglected  by  the  country  which  he  had  so 
grandly  served,  waiting  for  the  tardy  justice  which  the  restoration  of  his 
title  brought  him  at  last,  gave  that  sublime  illustration  of  his  valiant  soul. 

It  will  show  this  great  man  surrendering  his  trophies,  even  his 
sword,  to  pay  his  obligations,  with  the  mark  of  death  upon  him,  experi- 
encing untold  suffering,  toiling  with  his  pen  to  leave  his  family  free  from 
want,  and  then  when  his  task  was  completed  and  he  had  produced  a  work 
which  ranks  with  Caesar's  Commentaries  in  directness,  breathing  a  prayer 
for  a  united  country,  with  his  face  in  his  mantle  like  some  Roman  of  old, 
going  from  the  heights  of  Mount  McGregor  to  his  place  on  the  heights 
of  Immortality. 

When  the  true  measure  of  Sherman's  greatness  is  made  known  it 
will  be  seen  how  completely  his  operations  supplemented  those  of  Grant, 
whose  strong  right  arm  he  was.  How  splendidly  he  advanced  through 
the  arduous  fields  of  Shiloh,  and  Vicksburg,  and  Missionary  Ridge,  to 
the  command  of  the  Western  armies!  When  Grant  started  for  Richmond 
he  set  out  for  Atlanta,  or,  as  he  expressed  it  in  his  Memoirs,  "for  the 
army  of  Joe  Johnston."  The  capture  of  Atlanta  and  then  the  famous 
march  of  an  army  of  62,000  men,  away  from  their  supplies,  feeding  on 
the  enemy's  country  through  the  Confederacy  to  the  sea,  through  Savan- 
nah and  up  to  Bentonville,  where  the  end  came  and  Johnston  surrendered, 
will  ever  be  a  matchless  theme  for  the  student  of  military  skill. 

He  was  great  at  the  head  of  every  command,  a  most  accomplished 
writer,  an  inflexible  patriot,  and  he  rose  to  heights  which  our  modern 
idols  cannot  reach. 


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The  glamour  of  the  Presidency  never  affected  him,  and  he  who  shall 
read  that  letter  which  he  wrote  in  reply  to  a  confidential  one  from  I\Ir. 
Blaine  in  1884,  when  Mr.  Blaine  urged  him  not  to  decline  the  nomination 
of  the  Republican  party  if  it  came  to  him,  as  he  thought  it  would,  will 
appreciate  the  good  sense  he  displayed,  and  the  w'isdom  which  guided 
his  life,  as  he  refused  to  listen  to  this  temptation,  which  few  heroes  have 
been  able  to  resist. 

What  unseen  and  wonderful  influences  may  be  started  by  an  act  of 
kindness.  Purely  from  gratitude  because  of  the  kindness  which  Far- 
ragut's  father  showed  to  the  father  of  Commodore  David  Porter  in  his 
last  illness,  the  Commodore  adopted  the  boy,  David  G.  Farragut,  that  he 
might  be  trained  for  the  navy,  and  as  a  lad  of  eleven  we  see  him  as  he 
stood  beside  the  Commodore  on  the  "Essex"  and  received  his  baptism 
of  fire  in  those  famous  nawal  engagements  of  the  war  of  1812.  "I  have 
now  attained,"  said  Farragut  at  the  age  of  sixty,  "what  I  have  been  look- 
ing for  all  my  life,  a  flag,  and  having  attained  it  all  that  is  necessary  to 
complete  the  scene  is  a  victory.  If  I  die  in  the  attempt  it  will  be  onh^ 
what  every  officer  has  to  expect.  He  who  dies  in  doing  his  duty  to  his 
countr}'  and  at  peace  with  his  God  has  played  out  the  drama  of  life  to 
the  best  advantage." 

Fifty-one  )'ears  after  his  first  fight,  in  that  battle  with  casemated 
forts,  fire  rafts,  fleets  and  hidden  torpedoes  in  Mobile  Ba}',  when  he  was 
told  that  one  of  his  vessels  ahead  of  the  flagship  had  been  sunk  by  a 
torpedo,  he  shouted  to  the  engineer,  "Damn   the   torpedoes — go  ahead." 

Little  did  the  young  officer  who  served  under  him  then  think,  that 
thirty-five  years  afterward  he  would  be  on  the  watch  for  torpedoes,  as 
the  Olympia  with  the  fleet  steamed  into  Manila  Bay,  under  his  command 
on  that  May  morning  that  made  the  name  of  Dewey  immort.d. 

Lincoln  has  been  called  "the  gentlest  memor\'  in  all  the  world." 
He  is  the  typical  American  who  overcame  the  hardest  conditions  and 
attained  the  most  exalted  place.  His  life,  a  combination  of  tragedy  and 
comedy,  of  the  philosopher  and  the  wit.      With   the  greatest  difficulties 


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he  accomplished  the  loftiest  things.  Borne  down  by  the  nation's  burdens 
he  yet  carried  the  sorrows  of  every  bereaved  home  in  his  heart,  which 
was  so  tender  that  he  could  not  sign  the  order  for  a  deserter's  death. 
The  foremost  martyr  for  liberty,  his  name  stirs  our  heartstrings  as  that 
of  no  other  hero  can,  his  fame  grows  greater  with  the  passing  years. 

I  like  to  think  of  that  picture  of  him  when  Richmond  had  fallen  and 
he  entered  the  city  two  days  after  Jefferson  Davis  had  left  it,  having 
landed  from  a  gunboat  with  a  small  force  of  marines,  when  he  vainly 
tried  to  press  his  way  through  the  crowd  of  black  people  crazy  with  joy, 
who  surrounded  him,  and  kissed  his  garments,  and  called  him  the 
Sa\iour,  and  prayed  God  to  bless  him,  while  the  tears  coursed  down  his 
care-worn   cheeks. 

And  then  I  think  of  that  other  picture,  when  in  after  years,  a  black 
man,  not  a  chattel,  but  a  Senator  of  the  United  States,  from  Mississippi, 
in  the  seat  of  Jefferson  Davis,  stood  in  the  shadow  of  Bunker  Hill  monu- 
ment at  Boston,  where  Robert  Toombs,  of  Georgia,  said  he  would  "call 
the  roll  of  his  slaves,"  and  called  his  own  name,  "Hiram  R.  Revels,"  and 
answered,  "Here,  a  free  man,  by  the  grace  of  God  and  Abraham  Lincoln." 

It  is  appropriate  that  the  figures  of  Lincoln,  Grant  and  Sherman 
should  be  so  near  each  other  in  this  square,  for  each  recognized  the 
greatness  of  the  other,  and  in  life  they  were  faithful  and  devoted. 

The  friendship  of  Sherman  and  Grant  was  like  that  of  David  and 
Jonathan,  and  but  for  the  entreaties  of  Sherman,  after  the  battle  of 
Shiloh,  when  Grant  was  so  maligned,  he  would  have  resigned  from  the 
army. 

It  is  interesting  to  notice  how  Lincoln  saved  Grant  from  disgrace, 
in  that  storm  of  passion,  when,  after  Shiloh,  charges  were  freely  made 
by  the  newspapers  that  Grant's  army  had  been  defeated,  owing  to  his 
neglect  and  dissipation,  and  was  only  saved  by  the  timely  arrival  of 
Buell.  Washburne,  the  Congressman  from  Grant's  own  town,  was  the 
only  friend  he  had  in  Congress.  Party  leaders  and  party  newspapers  on 
both   sides  demanded  his  dismissal,  and  when  Mr.  Lincoln  was  assured 


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by  his  most  trusted  friends   and   advisers   that  his  achninistration  would 
go  down  in  defeat  if  Grant  was  retained,  after  anxious  hours  and  ferxent 
appeals,  his  answer  was  "I  can't  spare  this  man,  he  fights." 
He  refused  to  dismiss  him,  and  saxed  (irant. 

1  lalleck,  who  was  then  commander  of  the  mihlary  department  of 
Missouri,  Kentucky  and  Tennessee,  with  heachjuarters  in  St.  I^ouis,  was 
moxed  to  tlie  field  on  April  iith,  and  superseded  (irant  in  command  of 
the  army.  This  appeased  and  calmed  the  clamor  against  him,  and  on 
April  30th  Lincoln  showerl  his  confidence  in  drant  te)  the  country,  by 
designating  him  as  "second  in  command  under  the  major-general  com- 
manding the  department."  The  order  was  not  necessary  for  with  the 
commanding  ofificer  in  the  field  a  second  in  command  was  superfluous, 
and  this  order  was  a  rare  one  in  the  annals  of  the  war.  Later,  in  Jul\', 
Ilalleck  was  called  to  Washington  and  assigned  as  commander-in-chief, 
and  Grant  was  restored  to  the  command  of  the  army  which  he  had  lost 
after  Shiloh.  Thus  Lincoln  sax'ed  him  from  disgrace  and  opened  the 
way  for  his  lustrous  career  which  might  have  closed  there,  but  for  the 
wisdom  of  the  President. 

There  is  no  knowledge  that  these  reserved  men,  who  met  great 
emergencies  with  such  ability,  ever  referred  to  this  matter  in  conversa- 
tion afterwards,  although  it  so  profoundly  affected  the  fortunes  of  the 
Union  cause. 

Oh,  men  of  Michigan,  what  is  it  to  be  worthy  of  such  heroes  as  we 
commemorate  today?  Men  or  nations  which  rely  on  and  base  their 
merit  on  the  deeds  of  illustrious  ancestors,  soon  cease  to  be  like  them. 
We  are  sharers  in  their  glor\',  only  as  we  ha\'e  the  impulses  and  willing- 
ness to  repeat  their  splendid  actions.  If  when  trial  comes  we  yield  and 
flee,  we  are  degenerate  sons.  If  we  suffer  our  swords  to  rust  in  their 
scabbards  and  our  banners  to  be  furled  in  the  presence  of  our  country's 
enemies  and  dare  not  attack  when  great  evils  threaten  the  very  citadel 
of  liberty,  we  are  unworthy  of  such  sires. 


Shall  we  with  such  a  heritage  keep  silent  when  our  citizenship  is 
debauched,  when  the  right  of  choosing  our  own  candidates  for  public 
office  is  so  prostituted  by  the  debasing  influences  of  hired  placemen, 
when  the  old  tests  of  our  fathers,  of  fitness,  capacity,  and  merit,  are 
sneered  at  by  the  self-seekers  who  corrupt  our  primaries,  and  buy  our 
highest  offices,  thinking  to  purchase  honor? 

Do  we  respect  such  memories  when  we  sit  with  gagged  lips,  afraid 
to  denounce,  when  representatives  of  the  people  wear  the  collars  of 
corporations  which  own  them  through  the  lobbyists  they  employ,  to 
tempt  them  to  be  faithless  and  betray  our  interests?  Shall  we  shrug 
our  shoulders  and  say  "it  is  only  politics  and  none  of  our  business"  when 
there  is  open  flagrant  violation  of  law  and  decency?  Shall  we  meet  our 
Shilohs  and  Chicamaugas  and  Wildernesses  as  they  did  with  the  same 
devotion  to  the  flag,  looking  hopefully  beyond  them  for  the  glad  days  of 
Atlanta  and  Appomattox? 

Are  we  doing  honor  to  these  pure  names  when  we  adopt  the 
standard,  which  is  too  often  held  up,  that  character  has  nothing  to  do 
with  the  conduct  of  a  public  office?  Better  for  us  had  they  never  lived, 
better  that  their  great  sacrifices  had  not  been  made,  if  we  squander  this 
ro}'al  patrimony,  and  if  through  our  cowardice  and  lethargy  representa- 
tive government  is  to  be  destroyed  and  corruption  and  law-breaking  go 
unchallenged  and  unpunished. 

Would  that  we  had  a  little  of  that  absorbing  devotion  to  duty 
which  inspired  that  grim  old  Puritan,  Col.  Abraham  Davenport,  who  was 
a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  on  the  celebrated 
dark  da\%  May  iq,  1780,  when  the  sky  was  suddenly  darkened,  chickens 
went  to  roost  in  the  morning  and  the  cattle  came  lowing  home  through 
the  fields,  and  it  was  thought  the  Day  of  Judgment  was  at  hand. 

The  House  of  Representatives  had  adjourned  and  it  was  proposed 
to  adjourn  the  Council.  "The  Day  of  Judgment  is  at  hand"  said  the 
Colonel,  "or  it  is  not.  If  not,  there  is  no  occasion  for  adjournment.  If 
jt  is,  I  choose  \o  be  found  doing  my  duty.     Bring  in  the  candles," 


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How  true  that  .statt'iiunt  of  tlic  tininciit  art  critic  that  "of  all  the 
pulpits  from  which  luinian  \oicc  is  c\cr  sent  forth,  there  is  none  from 
which  it  reaches  so  far  as  from  the  ,fjra\-e."  Beings  dead,  the}-  )-et  utter 
their  noble  messages  in  every  language,  and  the  far-reaching  influences 
of  these  immortal  lixes  become  the  animating  teachers  of  this  and 
succeeding  generations. 

Here  then,  let  these  statues  stand,  representing  our  chief  heroes 
in  a  time  of  heroes,  and  for  each  of  them  may  we  say  in  Milton's  words, 

"Thither  shall  all  the  valiant  youth  resort, 
And  from  his  memory  inflame  their  breasts 
To  matchless  valor." 

In  the  famous  \ision  of  Lord  Bathurst,  which  Burke  in  his  speech 
on  Conciliation  with  America,  so  adorned  with  the  splendor  of  his  rhet- 
oric, the  guardian  angel  of  the  youth  draws  up  the  curtain  and  shows 
him  the  increasing  greatness  of  England,  and  then  pointing  to  a  small 
speck  on  the  distant  horizon,  bareh'  discernible,  "a  seminal  principle 
rather  than  a  formed  being,"  the  nascent  nation  of  America,  says: 
"  Whatexer  England  has  been  growing  to  by  a  progressive  increase  of 
impro\'ement  brought  in  by  varieties  of  people,  by  succession  of  ci\iliz- 
ing  conquests  and  ci\ilizing  settlement,  in  a  series  of  seventeen  hundred 
years,  you  shall  see  as  much  added  to  her  b}'  America  in  the  course  of  a 
single  life." 

It  was  true  of  the  Colonies,  and  if  the  angel  could  now  unroll  the 
curtain,  what  \-isions  would  meet  the  enraptured  eye  of  him,  who  should 
see  the  fair  daughter  who  has  excelled  the  mother,  in  wealth  and  power, 
population  and  national  greatness  ! 

So  too,  the  eminent  Frenchman,  De  Tocque\'ille,  who  wrote  the  cel- 
ebrated criticism  of  our  institutions  almost  seventy  years  ago,  in  closing 
that  remarkable  work,  after  stating  the  obstacles  in  the  growth  of  other 
nations,  pictured  Russia  and  the  United  States  as  the  great  nations  of  the 
future,  "  proceeding  with  ease  and  celerity  along  the   path  to  which  no 


^^, 


STAITE  OF   I)A\  ID  ( ..   FAKKAGrT 

C.    H.    XlEHAlS,   SCILI'IOK 


4t 

limit  can  be  perceived."  "Their  starting  point,"  said  he,  "  is  different 
and  their  courses  are  not  the  same,  yet  each  of  them  seems  marked 
out  b\'  the  will  of  Heaven  to  swa>'  the  destines  of  half  the  globe." 

The  building  of  the  Trans-Siberian  railroad,  which  will  bind  the 
Russian  Empire  together,  the  menace  of  its  one  hundred  and  thirty  mil- 
lions, in  a  domain  over  twice  as  large  as  that  of  our  country,  swayed  by 
the  will  of  a  single  indi\idual,  the  mo\-ement  toward  the  East,  and  the 
unsurpassed  growth,  the  rising  power  in  the  world  of  the  United  States, 
which  God  has  been  preparing  for  great  duties  and  responsibilities,  make 
these  words  of  De  Tocqueville  a  striking  and  memorable  prophecy. 

The  story  is  told  of  one  of  England's  most  illustrious  statesmen, 
that  every  morning  he  would  enter  the  family  gallery  of  paintings  and 
stand  in  an  attitude  of  reverent  worship  before  the  portraits  of  four  of 
his  ancestors.  The  attendants  sometimes  heard  him  say  in  low  tones,  'T 
will  be  true,"  and  sometimes,  "  I'll  not  forget."  His  eldest  boy  had  often 
watched  him  in  awe  and  wonder  and  at  last  his  father  took  him  b}'  the 
hand  and  led  him  in  front  of  the  portraits.  "You,  too,  must  hear  them 
speak,"  said  he.  "  What,  father,  how  can  they  speak  ?  "  "  My  boy,  for 
fourteen  years  they  have  spoken  to  me  every  morning  I  have  waked  be- 
neath this  roof,  and  each  has  his  own  message.  He  says,  '  Be  true  to 
thyself,'  and  he  says,  '  Be  true  to  your  countr}^  and  your  race,' and  he 
says,  'Be  true  to  me,  '  and  she,  my  mother,  says,  'Be  true  to  your  God.'  " 

If  the  silent,  bronzed  lips  of  these  statues  were  instinct  with  life 
and  given  the  power  of  speech,  would  not  this  message  of  loyalty  still 
come  to  us  ?  That  is  the  supreme  lesson  of  their  lives — that  they  were 
true,  true  to  themselves,  true  to  their  country,  true  to  their  God.  And 
let  us  hope,  that  as  the  little  chameleon  absorbs  and  reflects  the  color  of 
the  object  on  which  it  rests,  the  earnest  study,  the  contemplation  of  these 
lofty  characters  may  still  affect  and  make  worthy  the  hearts  and  impulses 
of  those  who  shall  listen  to  the  stirring  story  in  the  generations  yet  to 
be,  inspiring  to  noble  actions  and  heroic  deeds,  and  in  that  hour  of  peril 
which  comes  to  both  individuals  and  nations  when  apparently  most  sue- 


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cessful,  there  may  still  be  seen  lighting  the  \vn\'  to  duty,  a  gleam  of  that 
reflected  glory  which  will  recall  the  sublime  courage  of  the  unconquerable 
Grant,  the  wisdom  and  patriotism  of  Sherman,  the  daring  deeds  of  Far- 
ragut,  the  statesmanship,  the  achiexement,  the  gentle  heart  of  Abraham 
Lincoln. 

As  America  stands  regenerate  and  free  at  the  threshold  of  the  new 
centur}-,  chastened  by  sorrow,  made  strong  by  trial,  mindful  of  great  re- 
sponsibilities in  its  added  power  and  glory,  and  peerless  among  the  na- 
tions of  the  earth,  let  us,  grateful  for  dangers  past,  and  the  influences, 
the  teachings,  the  examples  of  great  and  noble  lives,  with  high  resolves 
and  unbounded  hope,  here  dedicate  ourselves  anew  to  her  service,  and 
reverently  say: — 

"  Our  father's  God,  from  out  whose  hand 
The  centuries  fall  like  grains  of  sand. 

H^  :fc  :^  ^  :](  :{e 

O  make  Thou  us  through  centuries  long, 
In  peace  secure,  in  justice  strong; 
Around  our  gift  of  freedom  draw, 
The  safeguards  of  Thy  righteous  law; 
And,  cast  in  some  diviner  mould, 
Let  the  new  cycle  shame  the  old." 


EX-MAYOR  TEMPLE  SPEAKS 
FOR  MR.    ITACKLEY  . 

^         ^c?         'iS 

No  sooner  had  the  generous  applause  which  followed  the  impressive 
close  of  ex-Senator  Patton's  address  died  away  than  calls  for  Mr.  Hackley 
went  up  from  numerous  \^oices  in  the  audience.  In  response  to  the 
compliment  Mr.  Hackley  arose  and  bowed  his  acknowledgments  amid  the 
enthusiastic  applause  that  greeted  him.  In  answer  to  the  repeated  calls 
for  a  speech  he  stepped  to  the  front  of  the  platform  and  said: 

"Ladies  and  gentlemen,  I  never  made  a  speech  and  I  never  expect 
to  make  one,  but  I  will  call  on  my  friend,  Mr.  Temple,  to  help  me." 

The  fitness  of  Mr.  Temple's  acting  in  the  capacity  designated  by 
Mr.  Hackley  was  recognized  not  only  from  the  personal  friendship  exist- 
ing between  them,  but  also  because  to  Mr  Temple  in  his  then  official 
capacity  as  mayor  of  Muskegon  Mr.  Hackley  had  first  communicated 
his  purpose  of  presenting  the  statues  to  the  city.  Mr.  Temple  spoke  as 
follows: 

"You  have  called  for  Mr.  Hackley.  Mr.  Hackley  does  not  speak 
on  an  occasion  like  this,  not  because  he  cannot,  but  because  he  is  too 
retiring.  He  has  spoken  to  the  people  of  this  city  in  a  more  substantial 
way  than  you  would  expect  him  to  speak  today,  and  standing  for  the 
moment  in  his  place  to  thank  you  in  his  behalf  for  the  appreciation  you 
have  shown  him,  I  want  to  refer  to  a  single  instance  out  of  the  many  in 
which  he  has  spoken  in  his  usual  substantial  way  to  the  people  of  this 
city. 

"On  the  22d  day  of  March,  1898,  then  representing  the  city  of 
Muskegon,  I  received  from  Mr.  Hackley,  in  a  plain  envelope,  this  letter: 


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"  'To  the  Honorable  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Muskegon : 
"'Gentlemen: — I  respectfully  ask  permission   to  place,  at  my  own 
expense,   in    Hackley   Park,    statues    of    Lincoln,    Grant,    Sht-rnian    and 
Farragut,  the  same  when  erected  to  be  the  property  of  the  cit\'. 

"'If  this  permission  is  given,  I  shall  commit  the  execution  of  nn- 
design  to  the  charge  of  F.  A.  Xims,  Louis  Kanitz  and  Rev.  A.  Hadden, 
with  authority  to  expend  the  sum  of  S20.OOO  in  carrying  it  into  effect. 

"  '\'ery  truly  \'ours, 

"  'Charles  H.  Hackley. 
"'Muskegon,  Mich.,  March  22,  1898.' 

"A  few  days  since,  Mr.  Hackley  made  of  me  the  request  that  I 
would  answer  for  him  on  this  occasion  should  he  be  called  upon  to  speak, 
and  I  assure  you  I  do  so  with  pride  and  with  pleasure.  I  realize  full\- 
that  I  must  so  far  as  possible  refrain  from  trenching  upon  the  proxince 
of  the  orator  of  the  day  and  so  far  as  I  can,  must  put  myself  in  Mr. 
Hackley 's  place,  but  I  am  unable  to  divest  myself  of  my  gratitude  as  a 
citizen  for  Mr.  Hackley 's  noble  generosity  or  to  separate  my  own  indi- 
viduality-from  what  I  shall  say,  and  speak  to  you  exactly  as  i\Ir.  Hacklex- 
would  himself,  but  will  try  from  his  standpoint  to  interpret  to  you  the 
thought  which  must  have  governed  the  actions  and  noble  gifts  which 
Mr.  Hackley  has  presented  to  this  city. 

"First,  I  must  believe  that  he  considers  good  citizenship  abo\-e  all 
else  in  a  republic  like  ours;  that  he  holds  himself  and  ever\-  man  a 
trustee  for  the  people;  that  the  citizen  of  today  was  but  the  child  of 
yesterday;  that  the  child  of  today  is  but  the  citizen  of  tomorrow;  that 
the  citizen  is  the  state;  that  the  higher  the  type  of  the  citizen,  the  better 
the  quality  of  the  state,  and  the  better  the  quality  of  the  state  the  nobler, 
the  more  permanent  and  the  more  enduring  it  shall  be.  Hence  if  you 
will  look  over  the  gifts  which  have  been  presented  to  us  b>-  Mr.  Hackley, 
I  think  you  will  find  standing  out  boldly  and  in  wondrous  wisdom  an 
exemplification  of  what  I  have  said. 


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"Again,  from  his  gifts  and  actions  do  we  read  the  lesson  that  while 
we  live  we  may  do  our  works  of  good,  our  acts  of  noble  generosity,  not 
necessarily  that  we  may  recei\'e  adulation,  but  that  we  may  join  while 
li\ing  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  gifts  themselves. 

"Again  may  we  read  that,  if  we  give  while  we  live,  no  fraction  of 
our  gift  is   lost,   but    to   the   utmost 
farthing  it   is  expended  for  the  be- 
neficent purposes  for  which    it    was 
intended. 

"Coming  down  to  the  occasion 
of  today,  these  statues  which  we 
have  now  un\eilecl  are  not  placed 
here  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of 
internal  strife,  to  mark  and  empha- 
size a  war  of  brother  against  brother, 
but  to  show  to  those  that  are  now 
here  and  to  those  who  shall  come 
after  us  that  in  a  free  government 
where  every  man  is  a  citizen  and  a 
soldier,  and  no  man  a  conscript  in 
its  armies,  for  the  preserx'ation  of 
our  nation,  for  the  life  of  the  repub- 
lic, an  army  as  patriotic  as  the  world 
will  ever  look  upon  or  ever  has,  stands 
ever  ready  to  repeat  the  story  at 
Lexington  and  the  victory  of  Yorktown  and  the  peace  at  Appomattox, 
for  freedom,  liberty  and  their  perpetuation.  It  is  to  tell  also  that  in 
a  country  like  ours,  the  most  glorious  example  of  self  government  that 
now  or  ever  did  exist,  that  in  a  government  of  the  people  there  is  no 
aristocracy  and  that  from  the  humblest  ranks  of  citizenship  may  rise 
heroes  equal  to  the  kings  of  any  age  or  any  nation,  ever  willing  and  ever 
ready  to  defend  and  main!^ain  its  institutions  and  its  public  life. 


A.  F.  TEMPLE 
Mayor  of  Muskegon,  I897-'98 


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"This  is  the  lesson  taught  by  the  gifts  which  today  become  a  part 
of  the  public  property  of  the  people  of  this  city.  The  lesson  taught  by 
every  other  gift  which  Mr.  Hackle\-  has  presented  to  the  people  of  this 
city  is  equalh'  important.  Within  your  sight  stands  a  library  built  antl 
endowed  by  a  part  of  that  same  fortune  which  the  donor  regards  as  a 
trust  for  the  people  with  whom  he  has  been  associated  for  more  than 
forty  years.  Its  tendency  is  to  make  every  boy  and  girl  a  better  citizen. 
Such  was  the  object  of  the  donor.  Within  a  short  distance  of  )'ou  is 
another  example  of  his  good  judgment  and  good  citizenship — the  Hackley 
Manual  Training  School,  built  and  endowed  and  maintained  without 
expense  to  those  who  enjoy  its  privileges.  The  useful,  the  ornamental 
and  the  artistic  have  all  been  embraced  within  the  gifts  for  which  the 
people  of  this  city  ought  to  be  and  are  duh'  grateful.  If  mistakes  ha\'e 
been  made  in  appropriating  the  money  generous!)-  tendered  to  the  public, 
those  mistakes  have  been  mistakes  of  head,  not  of  heart;  but  are  they 
mistakes?  Could  the  money  which  those  gifts  represent  have  been  more 
judiciously,  more  wisely,  more  patriotically,  more  comprehensively  in- 
vested for  the  benefit  of  this  and  future  generations?  Of  this  the  gifts 
themselves  must  speak.  Mr.  Hackle}'  has  exercised  in  these  matters  his 
best  judgment,  and  there  will  not  be  heard  a  \oice  to  sa}-  that  he  has  not 
exercised  that  judgment  with  the  utmost  regard  for  the  welfare  of  this 
people.  At  any  rate,  the  institutions  that  he  has  built  and  endowed,  the 
work  he  is  doing,  the  park  he  has  pro\'ided,  the  monument  to  the  memory 
of  the  soldiers  and  sailors  who  fought  to  preserve  the  Union,  and  these 
statues,  which  are  the  supplements  of  that  gift,  must  be  the  answer  to 
the  question,  has  the  money  been  wisely  and  patriotically  expended." 

Following  Mr.  Temple's  remarks,  the  chorus  under  the  direction  of 
Eric  DeLamarter,  sang  "America."  The  chaplain  pronounced  the  bene- 
diction and  all  e\'es  turned  to  the  statues.  The  cannon  boomed,  the  flags 
that  veiled  the  bronzes  fell,  and  Lincoln,  Grant,  Sherman  and  Farragut 
were  exposed  to  view,  the  band  meanwhile  playing  the  "American  Re- 
public March." 


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The  four  young  ladies  to  whom  were  assigned  the  honor  of  unveil- 
ing the  statues  were:  Lincoln,  Miss  Helen  Eimer;  Grant,  Miss  Belle 
Bauknecht;  F'arragut,  Miss  Anna  Kirkpatrick;  Sherman,  Miss  Mabel 
Boyer,  all  being  daughters  of  deceased  soldiers.  They  were  assisted  by 
the  following  members  of  Company  I,  who  served  as  an  escort:  Corpor- 
als C.  J.  Mortivedt  and  C.  E.  Green;  Sergeants  August  Silkeyand  Roy  E. 
Ashley,  and  Privates  Ton\-  Baker  and  George  Bullock. 

The  people  at  once  thronged  through  the  park  for  a  closer  view  of 
the  statues,  and  so  long  as  daylight  lasted  Hackley  Square  was  the  center 
of  interest,  as  the  new  gifts  to  the  city  were  admired  and  commented  on 
bv  the  citizens. 


the  8culptok8... 
a:n^d  tiietr  avork 

"t?      ^      t' 

CHARLES  HENRY  NIEHAUS. 

Charles  Henry  Niehaus,  the  sculptor  of  the  statues  of  Lincoln  and 
Farragut,  is  a  western  man,  being  a  native  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he 
passed  the  formative  years  of  his  life.  His  parents  were  of  German  birth 
and  the  artist  son,  with  the  usual  German  thrift,  was  put  to  making  his 
own  li\ing  at  an  early  age.  Rut  fate  seems  to  have  directed  his  earliest 
efforts  toward  the  career  he  is  now  identified  with,  for  he  successively 
engaged  in  wood  carving,  casting  and  cutting  in  marble.  As  a  boy  he 
was  a  capable  draughtsman  and  when  chance  put  some  clay  into  his 
hands,  he  realized  that  it  was  through  its  medium  that  his  future  work 
must  be  expressed.  He  became  a  student  at  the  School  of  Design  in 
Cincinnati  and  there  won  a  first  prize  in  drawing  and  modelling.  Then, 
witli  little  equipment  and  small  means,  but  with  a  full  stock  of  enthusiasm 
and  determination,  he  made  his  way  to  Munich,  entering  the  Royal 
Academy  and  quickly  winning  his  way  to  honors  and  commissions. 
Among  the  former  was  the  distinction  of  obtaining  a  first  prize,  medal 
and  diploma,  for  a  composition,  "Fleeting  Time,"  the  first  prize,  b\'  the 
wa\',  e\"er  given  to  an  American  sculptor  by  a  German  academy. 

Mr.  Niehaus  spent  over  three  years  as  a  student  in  ^Munich  and  from 
there  he  went  to  Rome,  where  he  had  a  studio  for  several  years,  execut- 
ing" several  commissions  and  making  those  studies  that  every  artist  does 
for  the  real  lo\-e  of  his  work.  The  Garfield  statue,  now  in  Cincinnati,  was 
one  of  the  first  of  his  commissions  and  was  done  in  his  studio  in  Rome; 
so  also  was  the  nude  figure  of  a  Greek  athlete  coming  from  the  bath, 
which  takes  the  name  of  "The  Scraper,"  from  the  implement  he  holds  in 


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his  hand  and  with  which  the  ancient  Greeks  used  in  taking  off  the  excess 
of  moisture.  This  statue  was  exhibited  in  the  hall  of  statuary  at  the 
World's  Fair.  Last  year  a  famous  sculptor  saw  it  at  a  New  York  exhibi- 
tion and  remarked  its  purity  of  handling;  some  one  near  by  said:  "Oh, 
Niehaus  did  that  to  see  what  he  could  do  with  a  nude."  "Niehaus!"  said 
the  sculptor,  "I  didn't  know  Niehaus 
did  that.  I  thought  it  was  an 
antique."  For  Mr.  Niehaus  has  been 
rather  identified  with  '  monumental 
and  architectural  work;  statesmen 
and  heroes  and  characters  that  re- 
quire thought  and  vigor  and  strength 
in  their  portrayal  and  conventional 
treatment. 

The  heroic  statue  of  Gibbon  in 
the  Congressional  Library  is  an 
example  of  this,  as  is  also  the  figure 
of  Hahnemann  which  will  be  unveiled 
in  Washington  next  month.  In  both 
of  these  Mr.  Niehaus,  with  sensitive 
appreciation,  has  caught  the  thought- 
ful essentials  that  belong  to  the 
historian  and  to  the  physician,  and 
has  distinguished  their  respective 
tendencies.  The  statue  of  Moses,  also  in  the  Congressional  Library, 
shows  as  sensibly  at  once  the  type  of  the  law-giver. 

Among  other  single  pieces  that  Mr.  Niehaus  has  done  of  prominent 
persons  are  the  Hooker  statue  in  the  Capitol  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  that  of 
Davenport  at  the  same  place,  and  one  of  William  Allen  in  the  rotunda 
of  the  Capitol  at  Washington. 

Mr.  Niehaus  has  never  failed  to  take  one  of  the  prizes  in  every 
competition  he  has  entered  and  he  is  probably  represented  by  more  work 


C.  H.  NIEHAUS 


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than  any  other  American  sculptor.  The  historical  doors  of  old  Trinity 
ma\'  be  mentioned  in  this  connection,  and,  also,  the  immense  pediment 
of  the  new  Appellate  Court  House  in  New  York,  in  which  the  sculptor 
has  embodied  the  written  and  unwritten  law  in  a  group  of  five  represent- 
ative figures. 

The  personality  of  Mr.  Niehaus  is  an  unusual  one;  he  impresses  one 
as  a  sui  generis  at  once.  Radical  against  anything  he  considers  wrong  or 
unreal  or  unjust,  he  is  sympathetic  and  tolerant  to  a  degree  where  other 
matters  are  concerned.  He  works  with  tireless  energy  and  with  remark- 
able facility  in  obtaining  results.  He  believes  in  the  Greek  purity  of 
line  and  handling  and  ne\'er  goes  beyond  those  restrictions  to  get  a  tell- 
ing effect  or  strained  impression.  His  work  is  sensiti\-e  and  sympathetic 
and  \'ersatile  enough  to  take  in  all  expressions  of  plastic  art,  but  with  it 
he  has  a  practicality  that  keeps  him  well  in  hand  with  his  subject.  The 
pitfall  of  most  men  of  undoubted  talent  is  the  inseparable  consciousness 
of  the  artist's  individuality  rather  than  of  the  work  it  {projects ;  with  Mr. 
Niehaus  you  feel  that  he  is  more  a  medium  of  expression  of  the  charac- 
ter he  models — he  sinks  his  indi\idualit\'  in  the  greater  feeling  that  his 
statue  expresses. 

In  the  Lincoln  and  Farragut  statues,  to  be  unveiled,  he  has  aimed 
to  catch  the  essentials  of  their  characteristics,  the  period  in  their  lives 
and  the  deeds  that  bring  them  most  vividly  to  the  public  suggestion. 
Lincoln  is  taken  during  the  last  years  of  his  life,  when  he  was  most 
endeared  to  the  American  nation  and  when  the  impending  tragedy  takes 
the  memory  back  to  the  greatness  and  the  pitifullness  of  his  fate.  He  is 
the  statesman,  the  martyr;  yet  human  and  placid  and  gentle,  above  all  the 
resigned  human  philosopher.  In  making  this  statue,  Mr.  Niehaus  had 
access  to  the  photographs  of  Lincoln  in  the  war  department  and  to  the 
death  mask  of  him,  and  to  various  "Lives"  of  the  dead  President. 

The  Farragut  is  the  intrepid  naval  warrior,  in  full  action  of  com- 
mand at  his  post.  His  feet  are  planted  firmly  to  sustain  him  in  the 
movement  of  the  vessel  and  his  glance  is  cast  far  over  the  water  in  sur- 


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vey.     Admiral  Farragut's  son  lent  Mr.  Niehaus  the  photographs  for  this 
statue  and  he  had  various  plastic  studies  for  reference. 

In  both  statues,  he  endeavored  to  present  the  culminating  epoch  in 
the  lives  of  his  subjects,  and  to  express  their  characteristics  as  simply 
and  directly  and  clearly  as  possible.  But  the  rugged  strength  and  the 
greatness  are  as  well  indelibly  stamped  in  them.  That  has  gone  into 
them  without  endeavor,  for  with  true  artistic  sympathy  those  things  come 
of  themselves. 

J.  MASSEY  RHIND. 

J.  Massey  Rhind,  sculptor  of  the  statues  of  Grant  and  Sherman, 
whose  studio  is  located  at  208  E.  Twentieth  street.  New  York,  is  a 
Scotchman  and  comes  of  a  family  of  artists,  his  grandfather,  father  and 
brothers  all  being  sculptors.  He  was  born  some  forty  years  ago  in 
Edinburgh  where  his  father's  work  may  be  seen  in  the  famous  Walter 
Scott  Memorial  in  Princes  street.  Coming  to  America  about  eleven 
years  ago,  Mr.  Rhind  followed  his  inherited  bent  and  has  attained  a  high 
place  among  the  younger  sculptors  of  this  country.  He  has  had  some 
notable  commissions  and  his  work  may  be  seen  on  several  well  known 
monuments.  He  is  a  close  student,  a  tireless  worker,  and  he  does  not 
cease  until  he  realizes  his  ideal,  and  his  conception  stands  before  him. 

Mr.  Rhind  was  one  of  the  decorators  of  the  Grant  tomb  in  New 
York.  His  statue  of  Stephen  Girard  for  the  new  city  hall  in  Philadelphia 
is  an  e.xcellent  thing,  representing  the  old  French  merchant  in  a  char- 
acteristic pose. 

Perhaps  the  most  notable  of  his  recent  works  are  the  figures  on  the 
new  Exchange  Court,  Mr.  Astor's  building  on  lower  Broadway,  New 
York,  and  the  Corning  fountain  recently  erected  in  Bushnell  Park,  Hart- 
ford, Conn. 

The  Exchange  Court  figures  represent  four  epochs  in  New  York 
history,  viz:     The  period  of  discovery — Henry  Hudson — with    the   xen- 


UBRARY 

imiVFRSITY  OF  ILLINfll^ 


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turesome  front  of  a  man  used  to  facing  dangers;  the  Dutch  pioneer  day 
— Gov.  Stuyvesant — whose  rugged  face  and  sturdy  fist  lose  nothing  from 
the  fact  that  he  stands  on  a  wooden  leg;  the  break-up  of  colonial  davs 
— Gen.  Wolfe — who  is  the  ideal  soldier  anti  officer,  high  spirited  and 
capable;  and  the  modern  period — Gov.  Clinton— the  nineteenth  century 
man,  calm,  simple,  strong. 

The  fountain  is  a  composition  in  which  Mr.  Rhind  has  introduced 
the  American  Indian  with  fine  effect.  A  group  of  four  girls  stand  at  the 
center,  and  four  warriors,  each  a  type  of  a  different  stage  of  the  Indian's 
life,  are  at  the  four  sides  of  the  base.  Charles  Dudley  Warner  in  the 
April,  1900,  Munsey  pays  a  high  tribute  to  Mr.  Rhind's  originalit)-  and 
skill  in  executing  this  design. 

The  two  figures  he  has  made  for  Muskegon — Grant  and  Sherman — 
are  characteristic  of  Mr.  Rhind's  genius.  In  carrying  out  his  commission 
he  has  had  access  to  much  material  in  the  way  of  photographs,  uniforms, 
casts,  etc.,  and  has  had  the  benefit  of  criticisms  by  personal  friends  or 
members  of  the  families  of  his  subjects. 

The  figure  of  Grant  is  that  of  a  man  who  thinks,  makes  up  his  mind 
and  then  acts-  impurturbable,  quiet,  seeing  all  sides  of  his  problem,  car- 
ing nothing  for  show  and  display,  but  with  a  firm  set  mouth  and  jaw  that 
mean  dogged  determination,  and  yet  there  is  nothing  brutal  or  inhuman 
about  the  face,  a  man  easy  to  approach,  democratic,  kind,  but  he  is  every 
inch  the  soldier.  He  is  the  General  who  crushed  the  rebellion  that  we 
might  have  peace. 

The  Sherman  is  an  entirely  different  type.  He  is  evidently  on  the 
field,  tense  and  alert,  watching  a  movement  of  the  army.  E\-ery  line  is 
full  of  action.  His  head  is  firmly  posed  and  his  whole  carriage  that  of  a 
leader,  capable,  cjuick,  fearless.  He  is  the  Sherman  who  helped  Grant 
from  Vicksburg  to  the  end  of  the  war,  and  especially  who  led  the  march 
"From  Atlanta  to  the  Sea."  The  sculptor  has  aimed  to  show  .Sherman 
in  action,  and  he  has  succeeded. 


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In  response  to  a  request  for  a  statement  as  to  his  work  in  making 
the  statues  of  Grant  and  Sherman,  Mr.  Rhine!  wrote  as  follows: 

"Naturally  the  prominence  of  the  two  subjects  entrusted  to  me  for 
Hackley  Square  attracted  me  very  much,  and  in  studying  Gen.  Grant  I 
fortunately  had  the  acquaintance  of  his  son.  Col.  Fred  Grant,  and 
although  he  was  not  in  this  country  during  the  time  I  modelled  the  statue, 
I  had  a  great  deal  of  assistance  from  the  family,  who  supplied  me  with 
photographs  of  the  General,  taken  during  the  war,  the  period  my  statue 
represents.  In  the  many  photographs  I  had  access  to,  (most  of  them  were 
snap  shots  taken  in  and  about  camp),  I  inv^ariably  noticed  that  he  was 
mostly  seen  in  a  resting  pose,  one  hand  on  a  tree  and  the  other  in  his 
pocket  or  slipped  in  his  waistcoat,  giving  to  me  the  idea  of  the  man  of 
deep  thought  and  evidently  indifferent  of  his  personal  appearance;  in  fact 
he  always  suggested  to  me  a  second  Napoleon.  To  convey  all  this  in  a 
military  statue — which  one  would  naturally  expect  being  in  costume — 
was  rather  a  problem,  especially  as  he  was  rarely  or  never  known  to  wear 
even  a  sword  in  camp. 

"Fortunately  a  particular  friend  of  his,  and  a  General  under  him, 
learning  that  I  was  digging  for  information  kindly  sent  me  a  photograph 
of  him  showing  his  belt  and  sword  worn  over  his  waistcoat,  with  the  coat 
open.  This  was  just  the  compromise  I  wanted  and  I  have  authentic  proof 
that  if  he  wore  it  at  any  time,  then  that  way.  This  gave  me  the  oppor- 
tunity of  introducing  the  different  sides  so  well  known  in  his  character 
and  still  preserving  enough  of  regular  military  trappings,  so  that  in  years 
to  come  no  one  would  ask — 'but  why  is  General  Grant  without  a  sword?' 

"The  likeness  I  got  principally  from  photographs  procured  from  a 
well  known  Philadelphia  photographic  firm,  and  with  the  death  mask. 
His  close  friends  in  New  York  seemed  satisfied  with  it.  I  might  say  that 
in  Grant  his  face  was  quite  interesting,  as  one  side  was  so  gentle  and 
quiet,  while  the  other  had  always  a  determined  strong  expression. 

"General  Sherman  was  in  a  way  just  as  difficult  a  subject,  and  as  I  was 
working  alternately  on  the  two  statues,  (viz:  a  day  or  two  at  the  time  on 


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each),  I  found  the  long  lean  lines  of  Sherman  quite  a  change  after  a  day 
or  two  of  the  strong,  sturdy  action  of  Grant.  My  success  in  Sherman  I 
lay  greatly  to  the  kindness  of  his  son,  Mr.  P.  Tecumseh  Sherman,  who 
made  it  a  practice  of  calling  at  the  studio  twice  or  three  times  a  week  in 
the  morning  on  his  way  down  to  business.  Through  his  invaluable  assist- 
ance I  had  the  use  of  most  of  the  General's  clothes,  worn  during  the  war, 
and  they  showed  me  more  than  anyone  could  tell  me  what  kind  of  a  man 
physically  he  was.  Of  course  I  had  previous  to  this  seen  a  good  deal  of 
his  brother,  John  Sherman,  who  shows  a  family  likeness. 

"While  my  Grant  was  the  deep  thinker  and  planner,  my  idea  of 
Sherman  was  the  General  at  the  front  looking  out  for  the  enem^^'s  lines, 
and  to  show,  if  possible,  in  a  standing  statue  an  indication  of  a  forward 
movement,  indicating  that  determined  aggressive  spirit  anxious  to  get 
there. 

"The  likeness  I  got  mosth'  from  the  death  mask,  which  is  a  par- 
ticularly good  one,  although  his  son's  head  suggested  a  great  many  points 
to  me  and  explained  many  characteristics  only  indicated  in  the  mask. 

"I  sincerely  trust  that  my  statues  will  please  the  old  veterans,  and 
should  there  be  some  citizens  that  think  they  are  not  just  as  we  used  to 
see  them,  I  trust  they  will  remember  that  I  ha\e  tried  to  illustrate  the 
finest  points  of  the  men  and  at  supreme  moments,  and  not  merely  photo- 
graphic representations  of  Generals  Grant  and  Sherman." 


^ttu. 


REGRETS   OF 
THE  ABSENT 

<^       -i?       -i? 

Among-  many  letters  of  regret  from  those  who  were  unable  to  be  at 
the  unveiling  were  the  following: 

FROM  THE  PRESIDENT  AND  HIS  CABINET. 

President  Wm.  McKinley,  Washington: — I  have  received  the  kind 
in\itation  extended  to  me  by  Phil  Kearny  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  to  be  present 
at  the  ceremonies  to  be  held  at  Muskegon  on  Memorial  Day  and  regret 
that  the  nature  of  my  duties  and  engagements  is  such  that  I  shall  be 
unable  to  attend,  although  it  would  give  me  much  pleasure  to  join  with 
the  members  of  the  Post  in  doing  honor  to  the  memory  of  the  distin- 
guished Americans  whose  statues  are  to  be  unveiled  on  that  occasion. 
With  my  thanks  for  the  courtesy  shown  me  by  the  Post  and  with  best 
wishes  for  the  success  of  the  ceremonies,  believe  me,  etc. 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury: — Acknowledges  the  cordial  invitation 
of  Phil  Kearny  Post  and  regrets  that  a  previous  engagement,  which 
cannot  now  be  broken,  compels  him  to  deny  himself  the  pleasure  of 
accepting. 

John  Hay,  Secretary  of  State: — Very  much  regrets  that  his  engage- 
ments are  such  that  it  will  be  impossible  for  him  to  leave  Washington  at 
that  time. 

Charles  Emory  Smith,  Postmaster  General: — Regrets  exceedingly 
his  inability  to  accept  the  kind  invitation  of  Phil  Kearny  Post. 

James  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agriculture: — Regrets  that  previous 
engagements  will  prevent  him  from  accepting  the  invitation  of  Phil 
Kearny  Post. 


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John  D.  Long,  Secretary  of  the  Navy: — Presents  his  thanks  to  Phil 
Kearny  Post  for  its  kind  inxitation  and  regrets  exceedingly  that  he  is 
unable  to  attend. 

* 

P^lihu   Root,  Secretary   of   War: — Regrets   that   pressure  of  public 

business  will  make  it  impossible  for  him  to  accept  the  courteous   invita- 
tion of  Phil  Kearny  Post. 

*  ,  * 

Ethan  Allen  Hitchcock,  Secretary  of  the  Interior: — Presents  his 
compliments  to  Phil  Kearny  Post  and  sincerely  regrets  that  his  engage- 
ments elsewhere  will  deprive  him  of  the  pleasure  he  would  otherwise 
have  in  accepting  its  kind  in\itation  to  be  present  at  the  unxeiling  of 
the  statues  to  be  presented  to  the  city  of  Muskegon  on  Memorial  Day 
by  Hon.  Charles  H.  Hackley. 

* 

THE  U.  S.  SUPREME  COURT  JUSTICES. 

Melville  W.  Fuller,  Washington: — Regrets  to  say  that  it  is  impos- 
sible for  him  to  accept. 

Justice  Brewer: — Regrets  that  his  prior  engagements  are  such  as  to 

prevent  his  attendance. 

* 
Justice   Peckham: — Regrets    his   inability   to   accept  the  courteous 

invitation  of  Phil  Kearny  Post. 

*  ,  * 
* 

THE    ARMY    AND    THE    NAVY. 

Nelson  A.  Miles,  Washington: — Regrets  very  much   that   owing  to 

other  engagements  it  will  be  impossible  for  him  to  be  there. 

*  * 

* 

Admiral  Dewey,  W^ashington:  —  Regrets  that  his  engagements  will 
not  permit  him  to  accept  the  kind  invitation  of  Phil  Kearny  Post  for 
Memorial  Day. 


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FROM    THE    RELATIVES. 

Julia  Dent  Grant,  Washington: — I  with  my  daughter,  Mrs.  Sartoris, 
regret  that  we  are  unable  to  be  present  on  the  interesting  occasion  of  the 
unveiling  of  the  group  of  statues  of  our  four  most  distinguished  heroes. 
Though  not  able  to  be  present  in  person  be  assured  that  in  heart  and 
sympathy  we  will  be  with  you.  We  beg  that  through  you  we  may  convey 
our  grateful  thanks  to  the  donor — Hon.  Charles  H.  Hackley. 

* 
John  Sherman,  Washington: — I  have  received  the  kind  invitation  of 

Phil  Kearny  Post  and  greatly  regret  that  my  engagements  are  such  that 

I  will  not  be  able  to  attend  on  that  occasion. 

P.  Tecumseh  Sherman,  New  York: — I   regret  very  much  that  it  will 

be  impossible  for  me  to  accept  your  kind  invitation   to  be  present  at  the 

unveiling  of  the  statues.     I  sincerely  hope  that   the   occasion    may   be    a 

pleasant  and  memorable  one.     I  have  seen  the  model  of  the  statue  of  my 

father,  Gen.  Sherman,  and  was  much    pleased  with   it.     I   trust   that  the 

others  will  be  equally  satisfactory. 

*         ,  * 

Miss  Elizabeth  Sherman,  Washington: — I  desire  to  thank  the  gen- 
tlemen of  Phil  Kearny  Post  for  the  very  kind  invitation  to  the  unveiling 
of  the  statues  and  regret  exceedingly  that  I  cannot  be  present. 

* 
Mary  Grant  Cramer,  East   Orange,   N.  J.:— With  thanks   my  sister 

and  myself  acknowledge  your  kindness  in    sending   us    invitations  to  be 

present  at  the  ceremonies  to  be   held   at  Muskegon  on    Memorial   Day. 

Much  as  we  might  enjoy  this  interesting  occasion  we  cannot  do  ourselves 

the   pleasure   of  being   present,   but   hope    many  others  will  enjoy  it  and 

that  nothing  will  occur  to  mar  the  interest  of  this  notable  event. 

Loyall  Farragut,  New  York: — I  regret  exceedingly  that  I  shall  be 
unable  to  attend  the  ceremonies  at  Muskegon  on  Decoration  Dav.     I  am 


5.8 

connected  with  a  railroad  and  the  trip  west  would  interfere  very  much 
with  my  duties  at  the  end  of  the  month.  Trustini;-  that  the  inauguration 
will  be  a  success  under  the  charge  of  your  Post,  etc. 

* 
Mrs.  Minnie  Sherman-Fitch,  Pittsburg: — Presents  her  compliments 

to  Phil  Kearny  Post  and  regrets  she  cannot  participate  in  the  ceremonies 

at  Muskegon  on  Memorial  Day. 

* 
U.  S.  Grant,  New  York: — I  beg  to  acknowledge  with  thanks  the  re- 
ceipt of  an  invitation  to  be  present  on  the  occasion  of  the  unveiling  of 
the  statues  on  Memorial  Day.  Both  Mrs.  Grant  any  myself  would  be 
delighted  to  he  present  at  the  ceremonies  and  greatly  regret  that  my 
business  engagements  prevent  the  acceptance  of  your  very  kind  invitation. 

*         ,  * 

Mrs.  Paul  Thorndike,  Boston: — Thanks  the  committee  of  arrange- 
ments of  Phil  Kearny  Post  for  their  kind  invitation  which  she  regrets  she 
is  unable  to  accept.  At  the  same  time  she  begs  to  assure  them  of  her 
deep  appreciation  of  the  honor  they  are  paying  her  father's  (Gen.  Grant's) 
memory. 

* 

Robert  T.  Lincoln,  Chicago: — I  beg  to  express  my  appreciation  of 
the  invitation  with  which  I  have  been  honored,  to  be  present  at  the 
ceremonies  in  connection  with  the  unveiling  of  the  statues.  It  would 
give  me  great  pleasure  to  participate  in  this  occasion  which  I  know 
will  be  an  enjoyable  one,  but  my  engagements  are  such  that  it  will  not 
be  practicable  for  me  to  do  so. 

FROM  THE  COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF  OF  THE  G.  A.  R. 

Albert  D.  Shaw,  Commander-in-chief  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  with  head- 
quarters at  Watertown,  N.  Y.:— I  deeply  regret  that  engagements  I  can- 
not put  off  will  prevent  me  from  being  present  on  this  deeply  interesting 


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occasion.  This  quartet  of  American  immortals,  in  the  noble  circle  of  our 
national  life,  are  worthy  of  the  highest  honors  possible  in  our  generation. 
Their  deeds  are  the  proud  heritage  of  liberty  and  their  names  will  "sing 
a  music  to  the  march  of  man"  through  all  future  ages.  In  the  name  of 
the  G.  A.  R.,  I  congratulate  the  city  of  Muskegon  on  the  splendid  gift  of 
Hon.  Chas.  H.  Hackley,  as  equal  to  the  present  and  worthy  of  the  future. 

* 
Letters  were  also  received  from  the  Governor  of  the  state,  Congress- 
man Bishop  of  this  district,  from  the  President  of  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan and  many  other  officials. 


M 


RESOLUTIONS 
OF  THANKS... 

^         X?        g 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  Phil  Kearny  Post  No.  7,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  held  on  June  18,  1900,  the  following  resolutions  were 
unanimously  adopted: 

"Resohcd:  That  Phil  Kearny  Post  No.  7,  Department  of  Michigan,^ 
G.  A.  R..  hereby  expresses  its  most  grateful  acknowledgment  to  the  Hon. 
Charles  H.  Hackley,  of  this  city,  for  the  further  manifestation  of  his 
exhaustless  liberality  and  patriotism  in  the  erection  of  the  Lincoln^ 
Grant,  Sherman  and  Farragut  statues  in  Hackley  Square — works  of  art 
that  would  do  honor  to  any  city  of  any  land,  but  especially  precious  to 
every  American  citizen  now  and  through  all  the  centuries  to  come. 

"Be  it  further  resolved:  That  a  copy  of  the  above  be  transmitted 
to  the  Hon.  Charles  H.  Hackley  under  the  seal  of  the  Post,  attested  to 
b\'  the  Commander  and  Adjutant." 

BY  THE  COMMON  COUNCIL  OF  THE  CITY  OF  MUSKEGON. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  by  a  unanimous  vote  of  the 
common  council  of  the  city  of  Muskegon,  on  April  7,  1898: 

"Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  city  of  Muskegon  are  hereby  ex- 
tended to  Charles  H.  Hackley  for  the  generous  gift  made  by  him  for  the 
embellishment  of  Hackley  Square.  In  making  that  gift  he  has  not  only 
placed  his  fellow  citizens  under  lasting  obligations  to  him  for  the  works 
of  art  which  they  and  their  posterity  will  enjoy,  and  has  shown  his  appre- 
ciation of  personal  character  and  services  of  those  great  men  who  de- 
voted themselves  to  the  preservation  and  welfare  of  this  country.  He 
has  also  given  on  enduring  object  lesson  in  patriotism  to  the  present  and 
coming  generations  of  this  city,  who  cannot  fail  to  be  incited  to  worthy 
deeds  and  worthy  lives  by  the  sight  of  the  forms  and  faces  of  Lincoln, 
Grant,  Sherman  and  Farragut. 

"Be  it  further  resolved.  That  a  copy  of  this  resolution,  properly 
engrossed,  be  presented  to  Mr.  Hackley." 


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